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"What’s your name?" Roland demanded

Zach was curious to learn the source of that one’s hostility Lisette seemed curious Sarah seeht Zach trying to catch a glimpse of Sarah naked

"Zach" May as well tell hiht one of the Others had been snooping around, all hell would break loose Best to let hih Zach doubted Seth would be pleased "If you’re worried that I’ Ami romantically--"

"She’s married, asshole!" Roland shouted

"I know, asshole"

Roland’s face er a second before he slammed his fist into Zach’s temple And Roland didn’t pull the punch since he knew Zach was i out to be very entertaining

"Stay away from her," Roland warned as the women looked on anxiously They seemed more inclined to reason with Zach and coax him rather than take Roland’s hot-tempered--

Wait Wasn’t there an infidelity in Roland’s past?

Zach sneaked into Roland’s ave his past a quick look

Yes His first wife had cheated on his a bit Roland loved Marcus like a brother and didn’t want to see hi cuckolded Roland didn’t want to believe Ami would deceive Marcus like that, but had learned the hard way not to trust his instincts

"First, don’t do that again," Zach warned He’d give the guy one shot, but that was it Any more and all bets would be off "Second, A didn’t shift inside him at the admission

Had he ever had a friend before?

"We know you’ve beenshe’ll be a friend with benefits," Roland warned, "think again"

"I don’t knohat that is"

Sarah’s eyebrows rose

Lisette continued to study hiht rubbing elboith Ami would help him score points with Seth? That was a joke

"Sexual," Roland snapped

Zach scowled Sex had never even occurred to him "A friend you sleep with isn’t a friend It’s a lover I told you, Ami is a friend"

Sarah stepped in and asked in her soft, lilting voice, "Then why do you meet with her in secret? Why not talk with her inside?"

"What makes you think we talk? Have you ever heard us?"

Lisette shook her head "I’ns of unspoken conversation"

"Could you hear a conversation?" he asked curiously Hoerful was this young ihts?" That would be an i to enter his ht it would annoy him It sure as hell annoyed hihts Yet, for so for her to succeed, which made no sense at all He really didn’t want her to see as in there

"No," she blurted, her lovely features dark with frustration

"Then perhaps erelollipops as you no doubt observed" Which raised the question"How did you learn of our s and goings

"I followed Aether," Lisette answered

"Is A it?"

Had she guessed what Ami is and didn’t trust her? Did she fear Ami? Did she wish her ill?

"I worry about her," Lisette answered hesitantly

"You barely know each other," he pointed out An intense fear of strangers had been instilled in Aet to know others So, while she cared about all of her immortal family, she was only personally close to a handful of them

And Lisette was not one of them

Roland and Sarah eyed Lisette curiously

Lisette looked increasingly uneasy "All right What I say does not leave this room"