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Elise ith a man wrapped around her She smiled, winced at the tenderness of her mouth, tried to move, and discovered she was tender in other areas as well She glanced at Sterling He looked almost boyish in sleep Very ht when she hadn&039;t thought hiht he looked like Sterling

Meed with those terrifying moments when she realized the cobra had crawled into her cot Elise had no doubt now that the ru Mora were true She would unleash her snakes upon a wo would confront the woman, but Elise felt it was her place, not his If she planned to live a life of adventure with Sterling and the traveling troupe, Elise must learn to stand up for herself She eased her body fro, careful to be quiet while she quickly prepared for the day

The group had already gathered around the breakfast fire Elise aze upon Mora

"The next tion, I&039;ll chop off its head with a butcher knife! Then, I&039;ll come after you"

Mora rose fro of, but I do not like being threatened, or accused of so that I did not do"

"Where is your cobra?" Elise deotten out at sooing on here?" Philip asked, stepping between the the players"

"She turned her snake loose inside ofhadn&039;t come in and thrown it outside, I would most likely be dead"

The caravan leader frowned "Did you do this, Mora?"

"It is her word againstshe tells him to say She has cast a spell over hiood for his word Fetch him, Elise I want his confirround "It is ht to earn my ill continue to dance I ask you to accept e "

"Elise wouldn&039;t lie," Dawn cut in "She&039;s my friend If she says Mora tried to kill her, then it&039;s true"

Elise sirl, then turned her attention back to Philip

He scratched his head and eyed Mora suspiciously "You have never fit in a us, Mora You keep your secrets and your company mostly to yourself We are a family, and family do not try to kill one another"

The snake charmer hissed at him Hissed like a snake, which made the hairs on Elise&039;s arms stand on end "She has cast a spell over all of you It is her you should send away! If she is gone, I will have the Beast Tamer as my man"

"Which I&039;m sure was your intent when you slipped your cobra inside of her wagon last night" Philip glared down at Mora "Get your things and be gone I will not have one aain Mora hissed at the chill She cast Elise a threatening glance, then stalked from the fire

"Thank you, Philip," Elise said "Thank you for trusting my word"

"Never did care for her," he muttered

"Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say," Sarah Dobbs joined in

"Figured if I didn&039;t keep an eye on irl to one of her snakes," Iris chion and join theht his eye and felt a blush of pleasure run the entire length of her body He turned to Philip

"I want Mora banished from the troupe," he deh "Your wo"