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"Whatwhat do you need?" Delilah finally caught her breath and her words spilled out, sounding wan and hollow She hung her head "I’m sorry--I don’t knohat to say, what to ask Menolly was here all night, pacing, but she had to go ho was I out?" I jerked my head up
"Close to twenty-four hours" She looked up as the front door opened and Shamas peeked inside His eyes lit up when he saw me and he opened his h and held ratefully nodded to hi I answered--it’s Sharah"
She glanced at uess I’d better"
"Go take it When you coet away, to find a hiding place where Hyto couldn’t gethiht be able to rescue hi else
As she headed outside, I turned to Trillian "Is everyone okay? What happened while I was gone?"
"Absolute hell, my love We were all in absolute hell Sry Pray you never do I ons are not to be crossed lightly, and when you threaten their families" He took my hands "Seriously, I have never seen anyone so anxious to kill Calad you love hio"
I ducked my head "I hope that he can stop HytoTrillian--he’s insane He hated ine the torture he has planned forout, "I want to be strong I don’t want to be afraid of him! But I am--I am so terribly afraid of him And he can find mehe can track me"
Trillian motioned to Vanzir "I think she needs a drink Brandy, please For the both of us"
As Delilah cah her lips were still pursed "Smoky’s back and on his way He’ll be here anySharah with him to attend to your wounds"
SharahChase!
"Myto tell you a few ht, I saw Chase I went out of body onto the astral, after Hytowas done withback the memories "Anyway, I was on the astral and I saw Chase out there--in body! WeHe can’t get off the astral on his own, but he was alive and well"
"You saw Chase?" Delilah broke into a set"
Just then, the door burst open and S a few steps behind hiently backed away fro that iress out of the way And when he reachedmyself for the pain, but he fell to his knees in front of me and pressed my hands to his forehead
His voice ive ive me?"
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"Smoky, ohagainst hiently wound around me For aforth But then I forcedme to hiainst the welts running across ainst lacial eyes, as he gatheredme in
"Camille, my love, my only love What did my father do to you? I wasn’t there to protect you--how can you ever forgive iveon the collar "Nonohe did not"
Ju up, he stumbled back "I will destroy histrap hihten the screws! Hyto will die, painfully, in agony" He stood there, panting, and a musky, possessive odor rose off hi, and I could sense the energy he was using to repress his rage
The pain of his retreat orse than anything Hyto had inflicted onat him "Love, would you turn away from me because of what your father did tocrossed his face "Ohaway from you--no, never think that" And he opened his arry"
Painfully, I went to hiainst the bruises I didn’t have a clue how dragon society felt about abused women, but I was about to find out
"You have to knowI have to tell youand Trillianwhat he did to ed on it "I hate it--I hate the feel of it I hate knowing he’s still got hold ofspell I can’t break this, butht be able to" And then he glanced down as my robe slipped off my shoulders "Caed the sleeves up "I’ll tell you, but I need you to proht now I really can’t I feel like I’htrope as it is I can handle what happened to me, but only with your support"
Trillianthe seat next to hi the civil war in my home city-state, he’d had been captured and raped by soldiers froed to both escape and eviscerate theon
As Smoky headed for the sofa, the door to the bedroom opened and Hanna peeked out She took one look at hi her head
I rushed forward, cursing every painful step of the way "It’s okay--it’s okay--it’s not Hyto" Falling to athered her in my arms "Smokyit’s Smoky--Hyto’s son My husband He won’t hurt you"