Beyond the Stone Hedge

Ira was uneasy as her man was still not hers despite all those efforts. Whatever she had been thinking while she was planning and plotting was certainly not this. It wasn't turning out to be as easy and simple as she had imagined. She could see that another ordeal had actually begun for her now - to be in love with someone, be near him...and have your heart wrung when he stared blankly at something past you!