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His story confiran, but it didn’t explain hohy the cur had an turned her ht never discover how Caine had gotten his filthy hands on her, and for the moment it didn’t really etting free so she could get to Jagr

"If he’s so full of shit, then why have you kidnapped htened with annoyance "I didn’t intend to kidnap you I went back to the cabin to capture Sadie Of course, the bitch is never around when I actually need her"

Capture Sadie?

Okay, that ht the two of you were pack the fall for either of thean shook her head Obviously the spell bomb had left her as thick as a stu about

And in truth, she didn’t really care

Within r

"So if you wanted Sadie, why did you kidnap ain, Duncan paced the s

"I have to hope you’ll do"

"Do for what?"

The cur halted, sucking in a deep breath before slowly turning to stab her with a hard, ruthless gaze

"I want to negotiate a deal"

"A deal with Caine?"

"No, Salvatore"

Yep Definitely thick as a stuotiate with Salvatore?" she at last nation chased away the brittle arrogance, offering the first genuine glimpse of the cur

"Because I’ Sadie’s whipping boy," he confessed, his voice harsh "I’ I know about Caine and his plot against the lair if I can get a proan suddenly didn’t doubt his sincerity, just his sanity

"Have you ever et type I doubt a bit of gossip about Caine is going to change that"

Duncan’s eyes snapped with fury "Fine, if he doesn’t care about Caine, then what about your sister?"

Against her will, Regan’s heart halted, easily revealing to the cur’s sensitive ears just how much the information about her sister meant to her Damn, she knew that the unwelcoritted her teeth "You knohere Caine’s holding her?"

He paused, as if considering a lie, then with obvious reluctance, confessed the truth

"He moves her around a lot, but I knohere most of his labs are hidden It would only be a an frowned The inforue, unreliable crap that anyone could make up Still, she couldn’t dis her sister

She, of all people, understood that miracles could occasionally occur

That didn’tof Weres would be willing to make a deal with the treacherous cur

"Why would Salvatore trust you?" she demanded "You’ve already proven to be a traitor"

"That’s why I wanted to capture Sadie," he growled in frustration "I intended to hand her over as a gesture of goodwill, but you came out of the cabin instead of her Now I have no choice but to hope that by not handing you over to Caine when I could have, I’ve proven my intentions are pure"

She snorted If Duncan’s intentions were pure then she was the freaking Queen of England

"Yeah, right"

He shrugged "Okay, , but if you want your sister back, I’ht piss her off to give into blatant black her soul, to gain her freedor

Besides, if there was even a remote chance that her sister could be rescued, then surely she should take it

"Fine, let o, and I’ll contact Salvatore…"

"No," he rudely interrupted, his expression hard