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"Who are you really, Adam Black?" Her voice broke on the siuish

For an answer, she received amore

"Tell me," she demanded dully But the dark man at her side rode in silence

"At least tell me why"

"Why what?" He cocked a curious brow at her

"Why did you do this to me? What did I do? Why did you send ain?" And breakinside?

Adae He reached out a hand to stroke her pale cheek and she shuddered beneath his hand "Oh, Beauty, is that what you think? How very self-engrossed and utterly charhter rolled But it was his next words that shafted through her soul like a knife "It had nothing to do with you, my winsome beauty Any beautiful woht you hated beautifuloff men, all men Yet, it would seem I was mistaken Or you lied, which is ?" she breathed faintly Any woman would have sufficed? Her heart was laid bare and cleaved through by this ame, and he dared say so baldly that it hadn’t ain? Her jaw locked temporarily I will not scream I will not When she was certain she could speak without raging she said coolly, "You got what you wanted Why won’t you just tell me who you are?" She had to find out e her husband

"True I did get what I wanted The Hawk looked utterly destroyed, wouldn’t you say? Crushed" Adaht, Beauty But tell me"--his eyes searched hers intently, and she stiffened when it seeht penetrate into her very soul--"what did you mean about his falcons?"

Adrienne’s breath hitched "He told me once that all his falcons had flown him," she lied evenly "You toldor you would kill him, so I chose that reminder to drive the point home That’s all"

"That had better be all" His face was cold and unforgiving Just as it had been in the broch before the Hawk had co of her drea detail precisely hoould destroy the Hawk and everyone at Dalkeith if she failed his will Then he’d shown her things he could do Things her mind still couldn’t quite comprehend But she’d understood that he was perfectly capable of carrying out the iven her--either lie to the Hawk and break his heart, not to mention her own, or stand by while Adam used his unnatural powers to kill him Then Lydia Followed by every man, woman, and child at Dalkeith

No, there had been no choice at all The hellish decision had given her an intiht once have suffered