Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (34 page)

"It
i
s
m
i
n
e
!”

He
wou
l
d
h
a
ve
none
of
t
h
at
.
He
kn
e
w
t
h
a
t
n
ec
k
lace
.
H
i
s
h
a
nd
gr
i
pp
e
d
h
e
r
a
rm
ti
gh
t
l
y
, d
e
m
a
nd
i
ng
l
oud
l
y
.
“
W
h
e
re
t
he
h
el
l
d
i
d
y
ou
g
e
t
t
h
a
t
m
e
d
a
l
li
on
?
”

“
It
i
s
m
i
n
e
,
”
she
r
e
p
eate
d
i
n
a
s
m
al
l
vo
ice
.
H
e
r
f
i
ng
e
rs
cl
u
tc
h
e
d
f
e
rv
e
n
t
l
y
t
o
t
he
c
h
ai
n.

He
c
ou
l
d
w
el
l
s
e
e
s
he
w
a
s
sh
a
k
i
ng
from
f
ea
r
of
h
i
m
he
w
a
sn’t
ce
r
tai
n.
He
b
ac
k
e
d
a
w
a
y
off
t
he
b
e
d
t
o
t
he
f
i
r
e
s
i
d
e
.
T
he
f
i
re
h
a
d
dw
i
nd
le
d
down
t
o
e
m
b
e
rs.
T
he
who
l
e
of
h
i
s
i
n
te
nt
w
ou
l
d
not
be
s
e
rv
e
d
i
f
he
c
ou
l
d
not
c
o
llec
t
h
i
m
s
el
f.
R
e
g
ai
n
i
ng a
s
e
m
b
la
n
c
e
of
c
on
t
ro
l
,
he
t
urn
e
d
b
ac
k
t
o
h
e
r.

T
o
h
i
s
d
i
s
m
a
y
,
she
h
a
d
le
ft
t
he
b
e
d
a
nd
hudd
le
d
i
n
t
he
c
orn
e
r.
H
e
r
h
a
nds
t
r
e
m
b
li
ng so
t
h
a
t
she
c
ou
l
dn’t
ti
e
h
e
r
r
i
bbon
b
ac
k
of
t
he
gown.
G
ood
Gawd!
W
h
a
t
had
he
a
l
m
o
st don
e
!
Runn
i
ng
h
i
s
f
i
ng
e
rs
t
hrough
h
i
s
h
ai
r,
he
b
e
nt
ov
e
r
t
o
h
e
r,
s
tilli
ng
t
he
s
c
r
ea
m
on
h
e
r
li
ps.

“
I
’m
not
go
i
ng
t
o
h
a
rm
y
o
u
,
A
l
y
c
e
. It
i
s
on
l
y
t
he
m
e
d
a
lli
on
.
”
He
gr
imace
d.
H
e
m
ov
e
d
t
oo
f
a
st
a
nd
t
he
wound
p
ai
n
e
d
h
i
m
.
“
It
w
a
s
m
y
bro
t
h
e
r’s.
I
know
w
el
l
t
he
m
e
d
al
l
i
on.
It
h
a
s
our
c
o
a
t
of
a
r
m
s.
W
h
e
re
d
i
d
y
ou
g
e
t
it
?
I
h
a
ve
t
o
kn
o
w.”

She
t
r
ie
d
t
o
t
urn
a
w
a
y
from
h
i
m
,
but
h
i
s
h
a
nd
r
eac
h
e
d
und
e
r
h
e
r
c
h
i
n
li
f
ti
ng
i
t upw
a
rd.
Sudd
e
n
l
y
s
he
s
eeme
d
i
m
p
e
rv
i
ous
t
o
h
i
s
cl
os
e
n
e
ss
a
nd
m
e
t
h
i
s
e
y
e
s.

“
Lie
u
te
n
a
nt
Ro
la
nd
g
a
ve
i
t
t
o
m
e
so
h
i
s
gr
a
ndf
at
h
e
r
wou
l
d
know
he
h
a
d
s
e
nt
me
.
W
h
e
n
he
d
eli
v
e
r
e
d
m
e
t
o
Co
l
on
e
l
T
o
l
wor
t
h
y
,
t
he
Co
l
on
e
l
w
a
sn’t
a
t
E
v
e
r
m
ond
e
.
T
he
Lie
u
te
n
a
nt
h
a
d
no
ti
m
e
t
o
w
ait
.
He
s
ai
d
he
h
a
d
t
o
ta
ke
ca
re
of
a
s
it
u
ati
on.
He
h
a
d pro
m
i
s
e
d
m
y
f
at
h
e
r
he
wou
l
d
m
a
k
e
sure
of
m
y
s
a
f
e
t
y
.
”