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He heard her screams of pleasure, watched her e him for release And he ith his dick so painfully hard, the need to possess her so strong, that no aer

"Abram, are you sure about this?" Tariq asked as he turned the limo from Khalid’s drive and headed for the private airport "It’s not too late to change your e ourselves If Azir and Jafar refuse to give us peace, then we’ll kill them ourselves"

As a plan, it was si across his soul

"And we’ll always knoere the ones that killed him," Abram reminded him "His murder would unleash secrets both of us would prefer were never known, Tariq We return, learn of their plans against the throne and Paige, take them to the eovernment to take care of hiovernment Azir will either be beheaded for treason or placed in a facility for the insane until his death Either way, our secrets remain secret, and we’ll have a much better chance of safety e return"

"That or certain death," Tariq stated tightly "Mustafa lands are drenched in as much blood as their hands They’re saturated in it The nareed, and such cruelty against our wo but shame since the day our mothers co that old bastard before now"

"Because we’ve always known that ould have only one chance at happiness, Tariq I won’t allow hi that from me" Abraht beginning to filter through as dawn edged in

This was how he felt Hope was there, edging into the shadohen he’d learned he would have to return to ensure Paige’s safety She was his Since the death of his first wife so long ago, Abram had known very little hope He couldn’t turn away from it, he couldn’t allow Azir to risk it

"There are very few of our men left," Tariq reminded him "Only those who hadn’t yet been able to slip over the borders I ed to contact four, and they’ll see if they can find the others"

"We’ll have to ain "We have no other choice, Tariq We will have to make do, and ill have to succeed"

Because defeat e’swould kill Azir himself before he would allow that to happen

2

THREE DAYS LATER

"Paige, you’re ht," Marty said as she stood in the open doorway of Paige’s suite, resplendent in her ath blond hair ept up to the top of her head with artfully arranged wisps falling fro disarray to the effect

Paige set her book aside before uncurling from the chair and faced her brother’s fiancée She was still aed to capture Marty’s heart She had hoped the woh, it wasn’t happening that she could see

"I’m really not in the rinned

Tally Conover was beco known as a premier hostess and seemed to enjoy it The fact that Tally found the patience for it ed to surprise all her friends

"Tally throws a daed to secure a proer Thornton to be there I want to see if he actually arrives"

Anger Thornton, CEO of Thornton Holdings and Acquisitions rarely attended anyone’s parties but his own And even those, he was known to be absent froreed "I think I’ll finishcivil to Khalid She just didn’t think she had it in her at the moment They had existed in a state of warfare for the past three days, and Paige didn’t see that changing anytinore Khalid?" Marty finally asked

Paige stared back at her Her lips pursed and her teeth clenched for one angry second

"It’s better that Khalid and I have the least amount to do with each other as possible, Marty," she finally stated