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"Have you told Sa about him?" When Rafael shook his head, Lucan’s expression relaxed "Say nothing to her Send word to the rest of the jardin Donatien is to be tracked but not confronted I will see to him personally Now, tell me about this convent"
"It is a few miles from here The Sisters of the Annunciata Their Mother Superior is naine her in Donatien’s hands "She seee"
"Then likely she is not God, nuns, even in this enlightened age What a waste of perfectly good fe He read through the search results and clicked on a news item "It seems that the convent is owned by a Daniel A Nieves, and is no longer a convent"
"But the Mother Superior--"
"--Died six hty-seven, Sister of the Annunciata and the last member of her order She owned the property and the convent outright, but refused to deed it to the church after her death Much ado was made about it at the ti "It seems she left it to Mr Nieves, who converted it into a private nursing home"
"Donatien would never be interested in such a place He despised the sick and elderly; being locked in the asylum drove hiut clenched "The one pretending to be Marguerite It must be her he seeks She is lovely, and no more than twenty"
Lucan nodded "He never could resist a pretty young face"
He would not touch hers "I kenis will also need protection, my lord" Rafael didn’t have to remind his master that Samantha was still vulnerable to Kyn talent, or what Donatien could do to her, given the chance
"I can take care of myself, thank you very much" Samantha said as she walked in and went to stand behind Lucan "So,upstairs for me?"
Rafael glanced at the screen, but his ed to clear the information from it
"Because the price of ale annoys me and you, madam, are very, very tardy" Lucan turned around and pulled Samantha down onto his lap "That is why Rafael believes you need protection When bruised, o knows no bounds"
Rafael saw that his presence was no longer required, and went to the door
"Your egooff one of Lucan’s black silk gloves Unlike the rest of the Kyn, she didn’t fear the destructive power of her lover’s hands "Rafael, we need to get in some extra hours on this case See you at noon?"
"I may be a little late" He smiled at her "Sleep well, Saet wrote on the blackboard The police will return tomorrow They will have search warrants They ish to question us
Dani kept packing "You have nothing to hide Show the under a vow of silence At worst, they will think you a bunch of religious hysterics"
You promised our Mother that you would protect us from the outside world
"I can’t protect you if I’ hunted And I am" She slammed the suitcase shut and turned to face the older woman "It will be the way it was in South Aht me here Now that he knohere I ao, he will follow hed and turned to the board You could tell the police about it They h have died" She picked up the suitcase and took the keys to Marguerite’s car from her desk "Tell the police as much of the truth as you can The man – Suarez – he seemed kind"
"I am kind," a familiar male voice said from outside the doorway "But I will have all of the truth, Sister"
Dani dropped the suitcase and went for the open , but ale hands seized her and spun her around
"I regret that I cannot allow you to leave" Detective Suarez put one arht her fist before it connected with his jaw "Or that"
"You have no right to trespass on our property or assault th beneath the care hich he held her, and didn’t struggle What else would Marguerite say? "Release me and leave at once"