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I closed et everything I’d heard and seen and felt tonight Everything except love Because when all was said and done, thatwe had left

I was tired enough that I didn’t know he’d joined ain--hadn’t even heard him cross the marble lobby--until his hand was on my shoulder

"Sentinel, I believe you are nearly done for today"

I nodded "I think I ao upstairs" He pulled me to my feet, kept my hand in his

• • •

The honeyrand than the roo--and not just because of the sleek grand piano that faced a long wall of s overlooking the city Like the other, this roo a dining roo the s, and a library’s worth of books on a wall thatA door in the all led to an outside terrace dotted with boxwoods and low furniture

Several doors led fro staircase uessed was the bedroom And beside the stairs, a suite of suitcases, dark brown leather with the Cadogan "C" embossed across the front in silver, stood ready for Paris

I’d been prepared to wax poetic about the glory of the penthouse, but the sight of theain

I walked to the s, looked out at the city It seeh I knew that was a e That we’d see ht And until we figured out exactly what that ouldn’t be able to stop it More people would die

I sighed heavily and with ence "Sometimes I wish our lives were norot ne bucket and checking the vintage "That’s a fairly nor to do"

"And ere attacked by a mob of housewives and coffeehouse kids That is not"

Ethan slid the chaain, looked up at ht have ic that others have ht not have handled"

I kneas trying towhom?"

"I owed you one"

I smiled at him "I’d like a hot bath Maybe you could comfort me in there?"

His se soo upstairs, wife?"

I smiled at him "Let’s do, husband"

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"Damn," I quietly said