Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (54 page)

Surpr
i
s
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
a
ss
a
u
lt
,
h
e
r
a
s
s
aila
nt
c
r
ie
d
ou
t
,
“
G
ood
G
a
wd,
w
o
m
a
n
!
”

In
t
he
s
a
m
e
br
eat
h
he
le
t
go.
She
r
a
n
out
t
he
b
a
rn
a
nd
l
ook
e
d
fr
a
n
tical
l
y
a
round, s
ea
r
c
h
i
ng
for
a
n
e
s
ca
p
e
,
but
he
l
ung
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
a
nd
she
f
el
l
a
g
ai
nst
t
he
h
a
rd
ground,
a
h
a
rd ro
c
k.
H
e
r
h
ea
d
hur
t
.
She
t
r
ie
d
t
o
s
ta
nd,
but
l
ost
b
ala
n
ce
.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
wou
l
dn’t
fo
c
us.
T
hough w
it
h
i
n
h
e
r
v
i
s
i
on
s
he
s
a
w
a
f
ac
e
wh
o
se
e
y
e
s
s
how
e
d
c
on
ce
rn,
h
a
ndso
m
e
e
y
e
s.
She
kn
e
w no
t
h
i
ng
el
se
a
s
d
a
rkn
e
ss
d
e
s
ce
nd
e
d
upon
h
e
r.

* * * *

Su
m
n
e
r s
ettle
d
t
he
g
i
rl
i
n
t
he
front
b
e
droom
of
t
he
hous
e
.
He
lai
d
t
he
m
y
s
t
e
r
y
la
d
y down
on
t
he
b
e
d.
W
h
a
t
t
he
b
l
oo
d
y
h
el
l
h
a
d
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
h
e
r
e
?
W
ho
w
a
s
t
h
i
s
wo
m
a
n?
S
he h
a
dn’t
t
he
l
ook
of
a
ho
m
e
l
e
ss
w
a
nd
e
r
e
r.
Mor
e
ov
e
r
wh
a
t
w
a
s
she
do
i
ng
i
n
h
i
s
hous
e
?

T
he
room
l
ook
e
d
a
s
t
hough
she
li
v
e
d
w
it
h
i
n
it
,
litte
r
e
d w
it
h
f
emal
e
g
a
r
m
e
n
t
s. A dr
e
ss
hung
ov
e
r
t
he
b
ac
k
of
a
h
a
rdb
ac
k
c
h
ai
r.
S
li
pp
e
rs
s
a
t
on
t
he
und
e
rs
i
de
of
t
he
b
e
d. Runn
i
ng
h
i
s
h
a
nd
t
hrough
h
i
s
h
ai
r,
h
i
s
g
az
e
f
el
l
b
ac
k
upon
h
e
r.
He
s
t
ud
ie
d
h
e
r
wh
il
e
he f
el
t
t
he
bu
m
p
on
h
e
r
h
ea
d,
a
la
rge
bu
m
p.

Wit
h
h
i
s
t
ou
c
h,
s
he
b
e
g
a
n
t
o
m
u
tte
r
un
i
n
telli
g
i
b
l
e
w
ords.
At
lea
st
he
h
a
dn't
k
ille
d
t
he poor
t
h
i
ng.
He
h
a
dn't
known
w
h
a
t
t
o
e
xp
ec
t
wh
e
n
he
e
n
te
r
e
d
t
he
s
ta
b
l
e
a
nd
s
a
w
t
he hors
e
.
T
he
ho
u
se
i
n
t
he
d
a
rkn
e
s
s
h
a
d
g
i
v
e
n
no
i
nd
ica
t
i
on
of
so
m
e
one
li
v
e
d
i
n
h
i
s
ho
u
s
e
, no
li
gh
t
,
no
no
i
s
e
.
S
eei
ng
t
he
ho
r
se
put
h
i
m
on
i
m
me
d
ia
t
e
ale
r
t
.

He
h
ea
rd
c
r
ac
k
li
ng
of
lea
v
e
s
a
nd
t
r
i
gs
wh
e
n
he
d
i
s
m
oun
te
d.
H
e
ea
s
e
d
off
a
nd
w
aite
d. He
attac
k
e
d w
it
h
t
he
s
a
m
e
for
c
e
he
wou
l
d
h
a
ve
a
m
a
n.
He
h
a
dn’t
i
n
te
nd
e
d
t
o
h
a
rm
a
y
o
u
ng
wo
m
a
n,
e
sp
ecia
ll
y
one
a
s
b
ea
u
ti
ful
a
s
s
h
e
.
O
r
w
a
s
i
t
t
he
m
oon
l
i
ght
t
h
a
t
h
a
d
s
hone down
upon
h
e
r
?