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At the sound of a quiet knock on her door, Summer jumped to her feet and quickly wiped away the dampness on her lashes She couldn’t bear that anyone see the tears, or the hurt

“Co Alyssa’s father, Senator David Allen Hampstead

It wasn’t her godfather who opened the door and stepped into the rooh

John Raeg, Falcon’s half brother, entered the roo over her coolly Cold and hard, those eagle eyes aze swept over the roos on her bed

Closing the door behind hi aze as he slid his hands into the pockets of his dark slacks

“Running away?” His deep voice was co in any mercy or compassion

But then, when had he ever felt any mercy or compassion for her, no matter the situation?

“Seeed, turned her back to hiht before neatly into another case “Besides, it’s ti to send Caleb after me and that’s just trouble waitin’ to happen”

Her older brother would go ballistic if he learned what had happened here

“Maybe you should try being honest with your fae That usually seeant superiority it made her want to kick him

He didn’t know her family, not really Just because he’d met Caleb didn’t mean he kneould ith them, or how they felt about her Just because he disliked her didn’tthe harder by the year It was ti to do it her way

“Noould I want to go getting all honest with hi back the thick, wavy fall of hair that slid over her shoulder as she continued to pack “Besides, it doesn’t matter now I’ood”

It was time

She’d known since that debacle in Russia the year before that her luck was running out If she kept te to end up dead And Falcon would probably get killed as well trying to pull her ass out of some fire

“And the fact that Falcon nearly sacrificed hi Gia doesn’t e derision in his tone sliced another wound across her heart “You’re just going to go back home and pretend none of it happened”

What choice did she have?

“Looks that way” She packedher back to him

She didn’t dare let hih the ly hurt her If he ever learned just hoeak she was, then the deliberate jabs he could inflict would destroy her

What the hell rong with her? She couldn’t stop herself fro they shared their wo disapproved of her, still, she ached for the experience, for the feel of both of the her

“Looks that way?” he growled behind him “I should have expected this out of you It’s about the ht now”

Oh, he so did not want to go there with her right now

Turning, she flashed him a deliberately wide-eyed look of surprise

“Well now, Raeg, I’d just love to stick around and try to see all this froar,” she assured hiet my head that far up my ass So, if that’s all you wanted, I’ll just concede this little battle and you can get the fuck out of my room and let me pack in peace”