Page 25 (1/2)

Rowan looked at it suspiciously, but his body stiffened with each scan of his eyes across the page

"I didn’t write this"

Toot your name on it It’s from your e-mail address"

Rowan offered the paper back to Tom "Be that as it may, I didn’t write it"

"You talked to Taran about the trust?"

Rowan’s eyes flashed with so "Yes"

"What about it?"

His jaorked He was clearly unhappy about the subject of their talk--or revealing it here After ain the air like dust, he fixed his gaze on Nessa

"They orking on their relationship He thought things were getting better He was going to change the trust He wanted to put it in her naift of it to her It was supposed to be a proe"

Nessa’s lips parted with obvious shock, with fresh grief I guessed she hadn’t been aware of Taran’s plan

Ethan’s eyes narrowed "Has that happened before? Property in the valley held by a vampire?"

"No," Rowan said, and he left little doubt that he’d have preferred it stay that way

"So what did you plan to do about it?" Tom asked

"It’s his land, not nanimous"

"It’s practical," Rowan countered "The trust is in his name Not mine, not hers It should have stayed that way But it wasn’thie the trust," I said, and silence fell heavily

"I didn’t kill my cousin," Rowan flatly said This time, he said it to Gabriel

"Who else has access to your e-mail account?" Tom asked

"Nobody"

"So you sent the e- you, I didn’t send the damn e-mail I didn’t even have my laptop I let Darla use it for school"

It wasn’t until Rowan got the words out that he realized the ilanced back at Darla, who stood silently behind him, her chin lifted defiantly