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Not for Lorcan He could care less whether the fool ever got his precious revenge It seeirl had more reason to want her brother dead But Hefaidd-Hen needed the girl for other reasons He had to stop the rebellion and she was the key

For he had plans Iirl, however, would never be stupid enough to trust him He could never have e, didn’t even realize that someone like Hefaidd-Hen would never waste his ti in return

So he needed the girl out of the way Every day she pulled doms to her side What had started out as a poor and rather ineffectual rebellion had becoirl’s capable hands

Lorcan insisted he wanted her alive, so he could have the pleasure of taking her head And Hefaidd-Hen would do what he could to keep the fool happy At least for the tiirl had to die first, she had to die

Hefaidd-Hen looked back into the fla What could possibly be strong enough to block hiick because there were feho could match him

Whoever or whatever protected the little whelp needed to die as well

All these little distractions took him away from his plans And soon his patience would run out Especially with Lorcan He didn’t realize someone could be so dislikable But the man was Never happy Never satisfied Any failure e

Hefaidd-Hen wondered how long before he lost his patience with the puny h

Chapter 9

"If you want hi else And Annwyl felt compelled to obey She s the witch could say either ould ever change that

Annwyl reached the streaht alwaysin those broad shoulders and back that tapered into the narroaist He crouched by the stream, his body taut and ready under his chainmail Even before he turned around she kneas beautiful