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"The hallway leads to a private suite," Baine told her "We will speak again when I’veher companion by the aron tell the they could say or do to force Baine to speak Not even the Hope Diamond could sway him

For now they would have to wait until he decided they orthy of his secrets

And pray that it didn’t take until the next o allowed Nefri to lead hi, shadowed hallway Not that he was happy about it

A dragon A freaking dragon

Like it wasn’t bad enough to be chasing a mysterious spirit and his crazy-ass sire who could infect huon

"You have a habit of collecting dangerous friends, cara," he growled, his wary gaze trying to focus on the paneled walls that see through the strange corridors between dimensions

Nefri had the nerve to send hions, Oracles"

"Baine is hardly a friend," she interrupted hi more than a lowly servant for the Commission"

This proud, beautiful woman a servant?

Yeah, and stars were o lifted a hand to brush his fingers down the cool silk of her hair "You ainst your will, querida, but you have never been a servant Not to anyone"

"A fine distinction," she h there was a hint of appreciation in the dark, velvet eyes as she halted at a door that abruptly appeared fro for a brief second, she reached for the knob and pushed the thick wood door open and stepped over the threshold Then, with a startled sound, she caht, Santiago had his sword lifted and waspast Nefri to confront whatever had caused her astonish beyond a circular roos of tiny cupids at play Inlaid with narrow bands of gold, the floor was lowed beneath a Venetian chandelier

The walls were the sareen that e near a built-in are, canopy bed set in the center of the room

A little too pretentious for his taste, but he would have bet his last dollar it was perfectly suited to Nefri

"What is it?" he rasped, stepping further into the roo for a hidden enemy

She moved to stand at his side, her expression wary "This is an exact replica of o hissed, his e of the handsoh Nefri’s most intimate territory "Baine’s been in your bedroom?"

Her brows lifted at his snarled question, the terees "That’s your concern? Whether or not Baine’s been inwrong with his logic But beyond being a warrior or a vampire, he was a man And men didn’t think clearly when they were obsessed with a particular woo, I didn’t entertain a dragon in aze taking in each detail of the classically graceful rooain he was struck by just how suited it was to Nefri’s regal yet understated beauty It was all too easy to i on the bed, her hair spread like a river of ebony across the green velvet cover

"I don’t know, but it’s uncanny" Nefri moved to run a hand over a Chinese vase that stood as tall as Santiago

Compelled by his own need to o stepped forward to grasp the wooden post of the bed He could feel the sanded grains beneath his fingers, just as he could catch the scent of polish

"Are you sure this sliver of another dimension doesn’t overlap the Veil?"

She shook her head "No, this is an illusion"

"A damned real illusion"

She crossed to pull open the ar robes that she preferred to hen she was ao narrowed his eyes "That doesn’t explain how the dragon knehat your bedroom looked like Or what you hen you’re home alone"

She closed the door of the araze "Either he took the i the illusion to reflect my preferences"

"Your preference, but not mine?"

"And your point?"

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