Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (43 page)

T
he
w
i
nd
p
ic
k
e
d
up,
b
l
ow
i
ng
h
e
r
hood
b
ac
k,
but
she
s
t
ood
t
hus,
s
ta
r
i
ng
a
t
t
he
body h
a
ng
i
ng
out
for
al
l
t
o
s
ee
.

* * * *

T
he
la
st
f
e
w
d
a
y
s
h
a
d
gone
w
ell
.
Co
l
on
e
l
M
a
r
c
us
Durh
a
m
s
e
t
foot
a
g
ai
n
i
n
N
e
w York,
now
b
ac
k
und
e
r
c
on
t
rol
of
t
he
Br
iti
sh.
A
b
e
g
i
nn
i
ng
a
t
lea
st
on
s
ettli
ng
t
h
i
s r
e
b
elli
on.
Pr
e
ssure
h
a
d
m
oun
te
d on
h
i
m
from
Br
itai
n.
K
i
ng
G
e
orge
w
a
n
te
d
a
qu
ic
k s
ettl
e
m
e
n
t
,
not
w
illi
ng
t
o
c
o
m
pr
o
m
i
s
e
i
n
t
he
lea
s
t
.

M
a
r
c
us
c
ou
l
d
for
e
s
e
e
i
ssu
e
s
t
h
a
t
w
ou
l
d
a
r
i
s
e
.
He
h
a
d
li
v
e
d
a
m
ong
t
h
e
se
p
e
op
l
e
a
nd und
e
rs
t
ood
t
h
ei
r
s
tea
df
a
s
t
n
e
ss.
O
v
e
r
t
he
la
st
f
e
w
y
e
a
rs he
h
a
d
sp
e
nt
m
ore
t
i
m
e
i
n
t
he
c
o
l
on
ie
s
t
h
a
n
i
n
h
i
s
ho
m
e
l
a
nd
a
w
a
y
from
f
a
m
i
l
y
a
nd
fr
ie
nds.
He
h
a
d
no
doubt
t
he
Br
iti
sh wou
l
d
e
v
e
n
t
u
a
ll
y
Be
su
cce
ssfu
l
,
but
t
h
i
s
m
a
t
te
r
w
ou
l
d
ta
ke
t
i
m
e
a
nd
li
v
e
s.
But
t
h
i
s
w
a
s
al
so
w
a
r.
T
he
wo
r
st
k
i
nd.
A
w
a
r
a
g
ai
nst
t
h
ei
r own.

Ch
a
os
e
nsu
e
d
a
f
te
r
t
he
i
n
itia
l
i
nv
a
s
i
on,
wh
ic
h
n
o
w
h
a
d
b
e
gun
t
o
d
i
ss
i
p
ate
.
S
lee
p h
a
dn't
c
o
m
e
for
t
he
la
st
t
h
i
r
t
y
-
ei
ght
hours
a
nd
he
d
i
dn't
e
xp
ec
t
a
n
y
i
n
t
he
for
e
s
eea
b
l
e fu
t
ur
e
.
T
he
late
st
br
ie
f
i
ng
h
a
d
gone
w
ell
,
t
hough.
T
he
A
m
e
r
i
ca
ns
w
e
re
on
t
he
run.
M
a
r
c
us on
l
y
h
e
s
itate
d
b
eca
use
G
e
n
e
r
a
l
Howe
s
ee
m
e
d
r
el
u
cta
nt
t
o
go
a
f
te
r
t
he
Con
ti
n
e
n
t
a
l
a
r
m
y
.

H
e
e
xpr
e
ss
e
d
h
i
s
op
i
n
i
on,
wh
ic
h
d
i
ff
e
r
e
d
from
How
e
'
s
a
nd
he
h
a
d
on
l
y
t
he
r
a
nk
of Co
l
on
el
.

He
s
te
pp
e
d
out
of
t
he
B
ee
k
m
a
n
m
a
ns
i
on,
wh
ic
h
s
e
rv
e
d
a
s
Br
iti
sh
h
ea
dqu
a
r
te
rs.
A gr
a
y
h
az
e
gr
eete
d
h
i
m
.
One
y
o
ung
off
ice
r
bu
m
p
e
d
i
n
t
o
h
i
m
a
s
he
c
ro
s
s
e
d
t
he
y
a
r
d for
h
i
s hors
e
.

“
S
or
r
y
,
s
i
r.
I
w
a
sn't
l
ook
i
ng
w
h
e
re
I
w
a
s
go
i
ng.
My
atte
n
t
i
on
t
urn
e
d,”
t
he
y
o
ung off
ice
r
a
po
l
og
ize
d.