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When Toht still on underneath the door He rapped on it "Elizabeth, are you okay?"

"Yeah," she said "You can co her bags on the floor "Remember that Darien wants you to check the Are you really all right?"

"Yeah, I’ she wasn’t sincere He figured he could learnher tomorrohen they were both well rested

At least, that’s what he planned

Chapter 14

Later that night, Elizabeth woke feeling much more herself physically, but emotionally she felt bad She hadn’t realized how quickly she had become attached to Tom, and now she had to leave

Despite the late hour, she called North to arrange another et this resolved, get the evidence against her uncle, turn it over to Hrothgar, and return home soon

So, she thought North ht be half-asleep She said, "North?"

No response, just so up Had someone learned North planned to meet with her to expose her uncle’s secrets? Someone who didn’t want those secrets revealed?

She paced across the guest bedrooet Darien and Lelandi’s pack involved in this All she wanted to do was resolve this on her own This was not the Silver pack’s trouble They already had enough proble around farms in the area

She dialed another nu"

The next ht and early, but he knew so the triplets, and a nanny watched thes and toast before her first client session She usually had one before this, but the woht be eating, but Darien knew she was trying to figure out rong with Elizabeth, just as s would be right away "I’m so sorry, but I need to leave Could anyone drive et a cab out here?"

She had threewas co her to leave this soon

"Peter can take you He’s on his way here noay" Darien wasn’t about to wake To between the two of them or Elizabeth would have asked To?"

"Great All better Thanks"

That was the way she’d spoken since she joined the The fact she was downstairs so early after having been up half the night made Darien believe she was desperate to leave before Tom woke He wondered if she’d slept at all

"You’re not afraid the men will come after you, are you?"