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The second we appeared beside the pool, Saaze landed on so sound that would have made Dexter proud Before I had the chance to cal that she would later regret, she was sto Eloise Well, shit"Sa at?"

Startled, Eloise lifted her head froer – all va "Excuse lared down at her "You were inside my apartment!"

That sure surprised hed, but it wasn’t a pleasant sound "Sweetheart, did you really think that if enough time went past for your scent to fade, I wouldn’t have known you’d been there? You can’t hide an energy signature Feeders like nature was all overapart in there"

Eloise desperately looked around for soer alone Antonio, Luther, and Antonio’s personal guards all stood near the patio doors, clearly baffled

"Well?" de for Jared"

"You knohat? I don’t believe you"

"Why?"

Sa Eloise with , silly After all, it’s not like you were going to find hih them, didn’t you?"

Her eyes danced from side to side "I was, um"

"I’ll tell you why you did it You did it…because you thought you could No other reason Just like Collins, you have a strong sense of entitlement purely because you’re a representative Well, letmy work hours and invade my office, but my personal time and my apartment are out of bounds So unless you want to know just how ‘reckless’ I can be, I suggest you quickly learn to respecta nervous wreck, Eloise maintained, "You can’t hurtyou when it would be much more effective to chop off that asp as her hand flew to her hair "You wouldn’t" Oh but Sam would, and Eloise knew it

"I advise you not to test me on that Now piss off"

I’d honestly never seen the woman move so fast

Antonio caise on Eloise’s behalf Her behaviour is truly unacceptable, and I shall have a conversation with her about it later"

Sam waved a hand "I wouldn’t bother yourself with the whole thing, Antonio Let her dig her own grave"

"If you are not too busy, could I speak with you both for a estured for us to follow hi a look with Saed and took her hand We trailed behind the until they reached one of his parlour rooms With his hand on the doorknob, Antonio said, "There’s someone here to see you both"

When he opened it wide, Sam and I stepped inside Al roaned at Antonio "Why is she here?"