id, closing the door to the guest s
tie, tossing it
turning away to hide the shaking i
edators. Don't c
grabbing her nightgown. She needed to
the bathroom, then slipped out
quet floor. She needed to get a sense of the house's layout, to find where t
ristopher kept his private study. The heavy oak door was clos
her ear to t
s eyes, Christopher
e. Alida
"She's a pawn. Once Gerhardt produces an heir, w
left h
. Just like we
in an accident. They k
e wanted to burst in there and scream. But she had no pr
ked awa
racing. She was sleeping in the den
running. She turned it off
on the edge of the
stop
ck was
s crisscrossed his skin. Burn marks. Lash marks. So
d," she w
nd pulled it on in one fluid, angry motio
u could look?
. who did t
up and advancing on her. "
pupils were blown wide. H
k down. She st
king," she
here was no conviction in it. He l
and placed her h
there again
ed. He slumped forward, resting his forehead on her shoulder. His
muttered into her hair.
of the man who might have murdere
gainst hers, syncing with her own rhy
And for tonight, they were the onl
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