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The blood she had given had been a great loss to her, a coranted her the answers she&039;d come to the Roman house to find

Bronwyn took out the last piece of clothing in the drawer and placed it in her bag

Edel was already outside in the car, waiting to take her back to the credenti, back to her fah ti Her pride had taken a beating

She snatched up her bag and headed for the door The eldest Roman was supposed to have been hers, but she&039;d fed him, let him drink from her, and had coer She&039;d sat across fro a secret, everythe truth--

Alexander Roman was not her true mate

She walked out into the hall and headed for the stairs She had done soeneticto her, but she needed to find out who did And there was no ti away, princess?"

Dressed in black and standing in what had been a living area yesterday and what now looked like co fro, Lucian eyed her, two sizable knives in his clenched fists

He looked ready for war

"I&039; home," she said

"But I barely had time to do my job," he drawled

"What job is that?"

"Stand in for Alexander as you&039;re potentialforward to it"

She lifted her chin "Soet over your disappointive up on the whole true- up," she said quickly, resolutely "I&039;rowled, turned around, and rammed both blades into the very center of one of the burlap sacks "Just keep yourself locked up nice and tight, princess There are dangerous aze ht there are"

His fierce eyes narrowed, but Bronwyn could&039;ve sworn she saw a spark of aht "Good-bye, Lucian" She turned and grabbed the door, yanked it open, then whispered, "Be careful," before she closed it gently behind her

The ancient ten had returned to the Hollow They sat at the glass table, hands folded, their eyes--the left ones branded with thin black circles--following Alexander as he walked over smooth, soft sand toward the Male," said Cruen, his electric blue stare deadly "Abductions have slowed, true, but Ethan Dare is still at large"

"The failure here is yours," Alexander returned with venom "I came to you and told you that the half-breed has the powers and abilities of a Pureblood morphed male and you refused to believe it Why do you think you could not track hi the members, a rustle of red robes as they turned to whisper panicked hbors "What is this?" and

"Impossible!" and "How could it be?"

Cruen stood, called for cal his peers, and when he had their attention, pulled his lips up tight in a grin that had nothing to do with humor "I still refuse to believe it" He looked around at his peers "Alexander Roman lies He lies to explain away his failure"

Alexander swore in the ancient language, his knuckles white, fists ready to fly into the old paven&039;s bony face "Dare can flash and so can his recruits He used his blood to get into the credenti"

The paven chuckled "I more than what they are--a waste of blood"

Alexander sniffed "You an Irowl and a scream shot from Cruen&039;s throat and he opened his s