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Robin sa pale she was and fought back a surge of panic He had to keep her conscious and talking "Did you catch hi someone?"

"I didn’t, but a video caet the coffee when interrogations weren’t going anywhere I was supposed to switch off the video camera when I left the rooents have to be present with the suspect during questioning--but that day… I don’t know I just forgot" She rested her cheek against her hand "He punched the suspect in the face and broke his jaw, and it was all recorded on the videotape he thought I’d shut off When the tape was processed, the tech saw the beating and turned hiation, but it was just a fores"

"Chris, you cannot blame yourself for his choices"

"I don’t Not anymore It’s just…" She closed her eyes "Nasty and bad-tempered as he was, and as much as I disliked him, he was still my partner"

Robin saw her head droop "Talk to ha Do as I told you"

Chris slid back, curling herself into the corner of the ceil, and went still She was partially concealed by shadows there, Robin saw, although he knew that wouldn’t deceive Nottingham for more than a few seconds

The dark man opened his eyes and pushed himself up from the floor He looked all around the room until he saw Robin

"You"

"Are you not delighted to occupy a dungeon again, cousin?" Robin kept his tone ha as it took to find a way out of the cell "I cannot fathoths to be played for a fool Or perhaps it was not such a stretch"

"Where is she?"

"The contessa is on her way to England She plans to assassinate Richard and the others"

"Not her," Nottingham breathed in, and turned his head toward Chris "Her"

Chris Renshaw’s blood scent filled Nottingham’s head; her presence in the cell rolled over his skin He ignored Locksley’s taunting voice and went over to where she huddled She remained very still and kept her head down Blood still seeped into the silk she had wound over the slash on her arm

He crouched down before her and tilted her head back to look at her eyes There he saw pain, fear, and exhaustion

Gently he turned her head, but saw only two fresh puncture wounds on her shoulder "Did she feed froain?"

Chris didn’t answer him Locksley must have ordered her to reha her skin for other signs of abuse

"She won’t give you any pleasure," Robin sneered "She belongs to ham eyed his cousin "Then you are as responsible as Salva for her death" Chris stiffened under his hands, and he turned her to face Robin "Look at her, cousin This time you will have to stay and watch her die"

Robin snarled, seizing the bars and jerking at theham deliberately ran his hand down over the front of Chris’s body "I have only to command her, and she will not resist hae is too loose She is losing too much blood" He saw the basket and took the napkin fro the wound

"You cannot feed on her," Robin said

"I have no wish to" Nottingha the wound and put his hand to her forehead

Chris opened her eyes and groaned "Are you two through sniping at each other yet, or do I have to slap you around?"

Nottinghareat iet even with hi me up in front of hi and insulting him I’ hi under his breath, while Nottinghaarded her for a round rules," she continued, getting to her feet, "we have to quit feuding and escape from this place Let’s concentrate on that, because as much as you tant to kill each other, I don’t want to die here"

"They didn’t take your earrings," Robin said, looking at her "Can you throw one to s she had borrowed frohtened the loop of wire and inserted it into the door lock