Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (53 page)

She
r
a
n
t
o
t
he
b
e
dro
o
m
a
nd
t
ook
t
he
p
i
s
t
ol
wh
ic
h
l
a
y
upon
t
he
ta
b
le
.
She
l
ook
e
d upon
t
he
cl
o
t
h
e
s
s
he
h
a
d
worn
dur
i
ng
t
he
d
a
y
.
S
he
h
a
d
no
tim
e
t
o
c
h
a
ng
e
.
She
ea
s
e
d
out
t
he
w
i
ndow.
S
he
w
ou
l
d
on
l
y
h
a
ve
one
c
h
a
n
ce
.
T
he
i
n
t
rud
e
r
wou
l
dn’t
h
a
ve
tim
e
t
o uns
a
dd
l
e
h
i
s
ho
r
se
upon
f
i
nd
i
ng
t
h
a
t
one
li
v
e
d
w
it
h
i
n
t
he
d
e
s
e
r
te
d
hous
e
.

She
kn
e
w
t
he
c
oun
t
r
y
s
i
de w
el
l
e
nough
i
f
s
he
h
a
d
acce
ss
t
o
a
hors
e
.
W
h
e
re
she
wou
l
d go
she
d
i
dn’t
kn
o
w,
but
s
he
w
ou
l
d
li
ve
a
no
t
h
e
r
d
a
y
.
S
he
s
te
pp
e
d
qu
iet
l
y
ac
ross
t
he
y
a
rd
a
nd
s
li
d
t
hrough
t
he
op
e
n
s
ta
b
l
e
door
i
n
t
o
t
he
d
a
rkn
e
ss.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
c
ou
l
dn’t
m
a
ke out
a f
i
gur
e
,
but
she
s
a
w
w
el
l
t
he
s
a
dd
le
d
hors
e
.
T
he
a
n
i
m
a
l
h
ea
rd
h
e
r
a
nd
s
i
d
le
d
a
w
a
y
, snor
ti
ng.
W
h
e
re
w
a
s
t
he
i
n
t
rud
e
r?

H
e
r
horse
nudg
e
d
t
he
door
t
o
h
i
s
s
tall
,
calli
ng
atte
n
ti
on
t
o
h
e
r.
She
frown
e
d
dropp
i
ng
t
he
p
i
s
t
ol
t
o
h
e
r
s
i
d
e
.
T
he
horse
qu
iete
d
wh
e
n
she
s
tille
d
h
e
rs
el
f.
S
he
g
la
n
ce
d
a
round
t
o
t
he
s
i
d
e
.
He
h
a
d
t
o
be
w
it
h
i
n.
S
he
s
l
o
w
l
y
t
urn
e
d
h
e
r
g
la
n
c
e
i
n
t
he
d
a
rkn
e
ss.
A
no
i
se b
e
h
i
nd
s
ta
r
tle
d
h
e
r.
She
h
el
d
h
e
r
m
usk
e
t
out
a
nd
t
urn
e
d
qu
ic
k
l
y
,
but
he
w
a
s
t
o
h
e
r
s
i
d
e
.

H
itti
ng
h
e
r
upon
h
e
r
a
r
m
,
t
he
p
i
s
t
ol
f
el
l
h
a
r
m
le
ss
l
y
b
e
h
i
nd
t
he
ho
r
s
e
.
T
he
i
m
p
a
c
t
s
e
nt h
e
r
r
eeli
n
g
.
O
h
Mo
t
h
e
r
of
a
ll
!
W
hat wou
l
d
she
do
now?
She
c
r
a
w
le
d
t
o
h
e
r
kn
ee
s. R
e
g
ai
n
i
ng
h
e
r
foo
ti
ng,
she
r
a
n,
but
t
o
no
a
v
ai
l
t
he
qu
ic
k
e
r
f
ee
t
h
a
d
h
e
r
w
it
h
i
n
h
i
s
gr
a
sp w
it
h
i
n
m
o
me
n
t
s.
She
s
t
rugg
le
d
w
it
h
e
v
e
ry
b
i
t
of
e
n
e
rgy
i
n
h
e
r.
She
t
r
ie
d
t
o
cla
w
a
t
h
i
m
, but
he
h
el
d
ti
ght
h
e
r
h
a
nds.
T
h
e
n
she
k
ic
k
e
d
a
t
h
i
m
.
She
kn
e
w
wh
e
re
i
t
wou
l
d
hur
t
.