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What was the point in starving herself? It wasn’t as if anyone would give a daeon

With slow, deliberate steps, Sally backed into a corner, her shty leech?"

With a muttered curse, he used his powers to unlock the cell door and stepped inside "I should let you starve," he gru as the cool surge of his power filled the air Shiver in fear, she grimly assured herself Not excitement

"When can I speak with the Anasso?"

He frowned at her abrupt question, placing the tray on the narrow bed that was her only furniture

"Why?"

"Obviously to plead arded her with an unreadable expression "You’ll reht be a threat"

A threat? All she wanted was to disappear into a se in the middle of nowhere How could that be a threat to anyone?

"I’ that means you haven’t captured Gaius"

His eyes narrowed "Do you knohere he’s gone?"

"Why would I know?"

"You were his accomplice"

"Hardly," she denied, her voice harsh as she recalled her short alliance with Gaius "I was forced to help hiant ass, and what I did know I didn’t like"

Roke dismissed her explanation with a wave of his slender hand "Did you travel with hiritted teeth "And before you ask, he never spoke of any Our relationship wasn’t based on trust"

He snorted "Then as it built on?"

"Mutual need and fear"

His jaw tightened, as if he didn’t want to think she ht not be the evil, unrepentant bitch he wanted to paint her

"Eat"

Forcing herself to cross the cell, she perched on the edge of the bed and picked up one of the cheeseburgers She was a lare at the bastard at the same time

"Are you always so bossy?" she demanded between bites

"Yes"

She rolled her eyes "Give your mate my deepest sympathies"

"My oddess, she told herself Being stuck with this surly beast would be nothing short of hell

Of course, a night or two exploring that chiseled body

No She was obviously delusional froer and the plate of fries, she did her best to ignore the gri intensity At last reaching for a Buffalo wing, she pointed it toward her silent co me?"

"Yes"

"Why? Do you think I can use a French fry to escape?" she asked in sickly sweet tones "Or maybe the cook hid a file in my apple pie?"

"Styx believes you could help us locate Gaius"

She returned her attention to her plate, hiding her expression as she dipped her wing into the blue cheese dressing "I’ve told you everything I know"

"You said Gaius was different when he returned to his lair What did you ed "I had a few errands to run and when I ca in the hallway like a zoht his carcass had been stuffed and left there as some kind of sick joke But when I actually stepped into the hallway he reacted like a feral animal It was creepy as hell"

Roke frowned "Was his intent to kill you?"

"I wasn’t stupid enough to reh to find out if he wanted nize you?"

She ate her wing and reached for another "He acted like he didn’t I suppose he could have been pretending, but I don’t see the point"

"And you suspect he had so"

"Why?"