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Jahed suddenly "So neither of us made our money entirely on the side of the law"

"Ryburn Weavers are far fro pirates," Theo said loftily

"What about the ceraround? Did you steal soested?"

"Oh no There was no need for theft"

Ja the coness in her voice "Tell me"

"I offered therin "They ca or bribes I’ere dreadfully upset, but really, I had nothing to do with it It was a decision le soul at Wedgwood But if their workers discovered what I was paying, and shared that infor to blainning, I had the best crafts her tart "I decided that we should specialize in ceramics with Greek and Roman patterns, and luckily those pieces have proved very popular in London"

"It’s not far from your idea for the weavers," James said, fascinated "Renaissance fabrics, Greek ceramics"

Theo hopped out of bed and ran across the rooot the subject of conversation Theo froht rear, shoulders that were as elegant as the rest of her

Lust swept up his body as if he were nothing s hit by a forest fire He could feel his eyes glazing as she clie leather folio

She curled her slender legs to the side, twitching the sheet over herself, and opened the book "Here are the fabric samples from Ryburn Weavers this year," she said "See this?" She pointed to a fabric and he made an effort to pay attention It was a black cloth Just beyond the edge of the book the sheet had slipped and he could see her thigh and a patch of skin so sweet and delicate that he longed to lick it

"It’s a pattern of birds in flight," Theo told him "You can’t see the repeat unless you look very, very closely"

"Lovely," Jaed

"One of ned this because she wanted to think that her daughter flew to a better place"

"Truly lovely," James said And this time he meant it

"We sold thirteen bolts in one week after the Pri to brisk practicality

"He was?" James raised an eyebrow "What was his na surprised "He was assassinated in ’13 Didn’t you get any nehile abroad, Ja the newspapers every day"

"It shows a gri a business concern," Theo said, "but the truth is that the poor n Suddenly everyone earing our fabric I felt sad and triumphant, all at the same time" She hesitated "You must have felt the same at ti, not because of the fight, but because of e’d find on the ships once we’d overtaken the holds croith huht or even ventilation Despicable!"