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The interlude gave her a chance to think "Our captors," she gasped, her desire draining as she realized a fight was about to go down They were about to burst into the roo her away to the auction block Well, there was no way she would allow anyone to sell her She would rather die

The door swung open, and two ar Lazarus threw a blanket over her, covering her nakedness She clutched the

"Your Great and Awesouards said

Bothwith confusion

Lazarus was as stiff as a board, silent "You have two seconds, and then you die"

Both paled

One said, "I know you told us not to interrupt, but you have a guest A minion who says the Red Queen is in play We know you’ve been searching for her, sire"

She puzzled over the Red Queen until realization slaasp But the realization had nothing to do with the royal Lazarus washe was

Looking at her with soret He waved the men away

They obeyed Because they were his men

His

He wasn’t a prisoner, after all

He stood and tugged on his pants Then he looked at her again, and this tidom, sunshine"

BADEN HELD PANDORA up by the neck, her legs dangling above the floor and kicking at hi her so forcefully her eyes bugged and her lips turned blue He did this calmly Had his eht fire It was an ability he’d had since before his possession, and one he’d kept after He wasn’t sure hen none of the other Lords reacted to dark emotion that way,

Pandora had dared to sneak up on hier in his heart And his stoh A quick jab, jab, jab job

Had they lived in another realain But they didn’t They lived here, separate froh for any level of the heavens but not yet ready for hell

He’d experienced the pain of the cuts but not the ultione after her