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Rylan looked across at Bree to see how she was dealing with that inforh she bit her lip, she took it well It wasn’t as if it was news to her She knew the stalker had been in her apartment several times The fact that he had his own set of keys? Yeah, that was a new level of disturbing

“It was all there in the era” Trey scrubbed a hand over his jaw “But the friendship hit a rocky patch recently when Lone Wolf found out that David had changed his approach to you, Bree”

Rylan frowned “Hoould he know about that if David didn’t tell him?”

Trey shrugged “Who knows? Soer of being derailed by David’s growing obsession The e is very et back on track David’s responses are ht That’s pretty much where ere up to when he lured Bree and Kasey into the basement”

“There’s one thing I don’t understand,” Bree said “I can see how Lone Wolf—whoever he is—was able to prey on David’s insecurities and hostility But what’s in it for David? Hoas a for man persuaded into a scheme like this?”

“We don’t knohat he was promised,” Rylan pointed out “If, behind the secret identity, Lone Wolf is a person of influence, he et his construction firm back”

“What happens now?” Bree asked wearily

“We’ll keep looking for David,” Trey said “He’s the key to all of this I have no way of discovering Lone Wolf’s identity, or what hisI know for sure”

“What? That Lone Wolf hates the Coltons?”

Trey nodded “Yes And that he intends to do so about it”

Most things in Bree’s life eventually became a comparison with art It was how she viewed relationships Many were like a quick sketch Others represented aone Then there were the enerations, their beauty and intricacy evident to everyone who saw them

Her parents Now, theirs was an ie of true love Simple, timeless and crafted by aabstract The sort of picture several people could view, all walking aith a different opinion of what they’d seen

She hadn’t stopped to view her own life as a canvas But she wondered what the future held for her and Rylan Did they have a future beyond as happening here and now?

Bree knew he loved her It was obvious in his body language, and in every look they exchanged When they made love, and there were no more barriers between them, it was there in the honesty of their bodies

But did he know he loved her? Had he even admitted it to hi her—would be the hardest And she understood why Anything to make me feel worthless They were the words he’d used about his father When Rylan was a boy, the man who should have cared for and protected hi he was a sensitive child, his dad had tried to change his personality

Bree’s heart ached for the boy he had been then, and the man he was now Because his father hadn’t suppressed who he was No uy veneer, the sweet, sensitive person was still there That was the man she loved

The problem was that his father had succeeded in another sense He had convinced Rylan that he orthless As a result, Rylan had spent his whole life trying to prove his value to an unworthy parent But the daet past the belief that he wasn’t good enough

When it cas becauilt because he’d let her down once She didn’t like that it had happened, but she understood the circuive hihtly