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He wanted to take her with hi her back

"Christian" He touched her cheek "You are not my tresora"

Her hand covered his "I could be"

Lucan’s sneering threat echoed in his memory: I will deal with you later While Jamys did not doubt that Samantha would do all that she could to protect Chris and the mortals who served the jardin--she had appeared fully prepared to shoot Lucan with copper tonight--the suzerain had been ahis skills and cunning, which were now likely as powerful as his ability to kill with a touch Jamys also felt sure that Samantha’s love for Lucan as well as the bond she shared with hi his life In his current condition, Lucan would not share such coo crazy," Christian said, startling him "Every day for two years" Her hand shook as she pressed it against her shirt, where the cross she wore concealed there hung "I know Lucan and Sam aren’t my parents, and I’h that again" Her eyes, now shi with tears, lifted to his "Please don’t leave me here"

Ja quieted Her scent becahtened of as happening to Lucan As he rested his cheek against the top of her head, he thought of Angelica, and thehis mother’s insanity had o now Do you kno to sail?"

The lightning of her srew up on the beach Not only can I swih time andthe sailboat’s owner to lend his vessel to thereeting the man, when he shook his hand Before he left, the owner showed the trip he had planned, as well as how to use his new navigational array

While Chris went below to investigate the cabin, Jamys escorted the boat’s owner from the dock to his sports car "You will return home and enjoy the holidays there"

"Which home?" the man asked

Jamys’s brows rose "How many do you have?"

"Three Boston, Atlanta, and Paradise"

"You will go to Boston," Ja it would be best to keep the man as far away as possible Out of curiosity, he asked, "Where is this Paradise?"

"It’s the naht it as a tax shelter I was going to spend Christood place to be alone"

"Where is this island?" Jamys asked

"Ten raational computer Just enter the word ‘paradise’" The man drew out his keys and removed two "You’ll need these to disaret into the house"

Jamys pocketed them and, once the man had driven off, returned to the slip, where he found Chris at the hel the coes use the Intracoastal as a shipping lane, plus it’s usually clogged with joyriding tourists, so we should probably head out to sea" She pulled up a inary line from the marina down to Miami "There’s a place we can dock here that’s about fivethere until tolanced at him "After we talk to him you should ask him to show the actual journals, too He donated them to the museum, and he’s on the board, so he should have access to them"

He heard the note of anxiety in her voice "You are worried about Gifford?"

"No, I think you can handle him" She frowned "I just don’t kno et Ipirate’s confession made back in the seventeenth century Gifford also could have faked the journals He wouldn’t be the first guy to manufacture history in order to boost his professional standing and guarantee a spot on the lecture circuit"

Jae in her scent, but from here they would be entirely dependent on each other "But that is not what truly concerns you"