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it was, but there was also a deep desperation within her Sos for herhis love She hadn’t saidlittle breadcru but strict home that stifled the freedom Sofia loved sothat he would run from But there would be time to uncover the secrets she held There would be the rest of their lives

That he was another of her secrets, he hated It caht his father e the sa about Theo that was sha somehow

A noise in the bushes off to his left startled hi that it wouldn’t settle until he saw her

‘Tersi I was told I’d find you here’

Instead of Sofia’s softly accented Iondorran tones, fear sliced through his high hopes as the voice of his headht

He didn’t move Not a muscle His heart dropped, sickness and nausea an instant reaction to being caught doing soreater than that was his concern for Sofia

‘What’s going on?’ Theo ventured to the man who had never liked him

‘What’s going on is that I now have my prankster Did you really think that I would allow my car, my car, to be put onto the roof of the sports hall and take no action?’

Theo was shaking his head ‘I don’t know anything about that, sir, honestly’

The grim look of determination on the older man’s face told Theo that he wasn’t believed Not for a second Panic began to set in then

‘Where’s Sofia?’