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He laughed again, although it had a bitter tinge to it He didn’t push her away and she was unbelievably glad for that “No But I’h to wish I was anyone but who I am”

“No, Zafir Thispain I see in your eyes, this grief, this love for a e to do the right thing by Behraat, by me, by your father, by everyone that falls in your spherethis is what makes you you, Zafir And why I love you so much”

His eyes widened, his chin jerked back As though she had taken a swing at hih it was i for him As if it was the worst fate he’d ever faced “Lauren”

“Why do you sound so shocked?” she said, detere That he was so stunned was not a bad thing, she reassured herself “But this isn’t the tio see him”

Zafir never returned the night he had gone to see his father After waiting for a few hours, Lauren had fallen asleep, still worried about him

About them

A furor of activity took place once it had become known that the old sheikh was out of the coone by where he hadn’t had nus with council ed him for information

All with Zafir present, she’d learned Even the tribal chiefs were there now

In between those long one to see Rashid, too The unresolved animosity between father and son, mostly from Zafir had rattled her When his father had asked Zafir to leave them alone, he’d point-blank refused

To which, Rashid had leveled hi look

Rashid, his gaze incisively intelligent, had quizzed her about her family, her life in New York But couldn’t really saythem like a hawk

Two days later, Zafir found her in the library, one of her favorite rooly draped over his shoulders, he was all business