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Initially, when it had vanished, she’d considered resorting to her first plan: hopping in her car and running while the running was good But somehow she just knew, deep in theto acco She wasn’t sure she believed its claim that it had no other Fae powers but the ability to sift place She certainly wasn’t fool enough to think that, considering she was the only one who could see it, it had truly gone away and intended to leave her alone

No, it would never have left her alone if it hadn’t been unequivocally certain of its ability to find her again Which y best conserved for the battle to coht, she was better equipped to do it on familiar turf Here at least, they were in her world, and she knew her way around

Why hadn’t it hurt her? Why hadn’t it used its ith to bully her, to bend her to its will? It could have so easily She was stymied by its reaction, or rather, its lack of one It could have done anything it had wanted to do to her as she’d sat there helplessly tied up, but it hadn’t even so htest villainous threat

It had vanished Si And thatfar worse planned for her thanfor the other shoe to drop, not knohen or where it would cohton contentions?" her boss, senior partner Jeff Staller, de over her tiny desk in her cramped cubicle streith files and law books and cruether "That case was supposed to be filed last week We’re never going to get a Septe date now"

Gabby’s head shot up Startled, she almost knocked over her fourth espresso of the day Bleary-eyed, she glanced at the clock It o-thirty already "I’ll have it for you by four o’clock," she promised

"You were supposed to have it forback in to work after lunch Reason for that?"

She kept her eyes trained on the clock, reluctant toliar "Iuh, got sick I got really sick I had sushi for lunch"

"You said you were going to Skyline for chili"

Da abetter to do than re to eat? She hadabout Skyline when she’d passed hi around Knowing he’d work her ten ti for believed theht brutal with the workload

"I changed libly "I’m sorry I didn’t phone in, but I was so sick I could hardlyis" She forced herself to tip her face up and ht from lack of sleep and stress, and that the dark circles beneath her eyes would reinforce her lie

"I’ and deceitful?" a deep, exotically-accented voice purred behind her "Guess we have so in common, Irish"

Her head whipped around So there it was; the other shoe was dropping Sprawled insolently on the file cabinet behind her was Adarace Gone were the sexy faded jeans Now it sported snug black leather pants and a black silk shirt, coold ar boots, too, she noticed, briefly distracted into wondering where/how it got its clothes Probably just stole whatever it wanted, cloaked by the féth fiada, she thought disparagingly Figured Thief

Still, it was iant and simply to-die-for Careful, Gabby, could be prophetic

"We have nothing in cohan, what are you talking about?"

Gabby winced, turning back to her boss He was frowning, his gaze darting between her and the filing cabinet She cleared her throat "You and I, I meant," she blurted hastily "What I otten sick, but estive system is really sensitive, it always has been The least little thing sets it off, especially raw fish that hasn’t been properly prepared, and I should have known better than to trust sushi froood, and, listen, I’m really sorry, but I swear it’ll be on your desk by four" Breathe now, Gabby She breathed and punctuated it with the brightest srimace but came out rather lopsided as well