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“Lunch will be served on the porch in twenty minutes”

Bree was about to protest that she would never be able to eat again, when her stoave an enormous rumble

“Um, Rylan” He paused with his hand on the door handle and turned to look at her She pointed at her dress “Did you?”

“Yeah You couldn’t e the zipper”

“Oh” She bit her lip “Did we?”

His lips thinned into a line, all trace of hu from his expression “You were drunk, Bree Almost unconscious” He shook his head “Your opinion of ht”

Bree watched hination The i her, putting her to bed, leaving her a glass of water, then going off to his own roouy after all

She was about to head for the shohen the thought hit her Rylan had cherished her the way he looked after his animals He collected strays and erie?

Chapter 12

Bree shielded her eyes as she stepped out onto the porch “Can you turn down the sunlight?”

“You have your shades on top of your head,” Rylan pointed out

“Oh” She lowered theover still had a hold on her He poured her a glass of water and handed her a plate of chicken salad

“No es?” Rylan asked The last ti email about the taste of her blood

“Nothing” She sipped her water “I suppose it’s too iven up?”

“Unfortunately, yes I i to find out where you are” In Rylan’s experience, stalkers ive up

“What about your sources?” she asked “Have they come up with any information?”

Rylan huffed out a breath To his intense frustration, none of his forues had discovered so much as a whisper about any of the people who had access to the Wise Gal base”