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He stank of too much drink, and little else
“I don’t know you” She shtly “If you’ll excuse s to do today”
“Yeah, none of us got ht” The tentative friendliness in his voice and demeanor didn’t sway her in the least
“Hopefully ill this ain and left the rooer But her hand stayed on her weapon, and her senses stayed alert Until she hit the upper floor and scented Seth’s lust
CHAPTER 10
Cassie stared at Seth Lawrence as he stood talking to her father, her senses gathering the infor it as she tried not to watch the pitiful shadow of the child hiding in the corner of the roo inside Dawn If the child was lost then Daould be lost as well
She was still shaking from whatever she had sensed outside, just before Seth’s arrival She had been drawn to the balcony, soh she knew better than to go there She wasn’t a stupid little girl, and she wasn’t ignorant of the danger to her life at every moment
But so she was certain she couldn’t htened on a level she didn’t understand So frightened a cry had come unbidden from her lips and drawn her father’s attention
She gave herself a ain He hadn’t taken Dawn She had marked him The mark was prominently displayed at the bottom of his neck, the little wound clearly Breed- filled the rooled yet to fored them forever
She frowned at that knowledge Daould start re soon Cassie wasn’t certain why thehere, or why it was so ian, but she kneas imperative
The child whiain from the corner of the roo She glanced to the corner The fragile i in the complete isolation that surrounded it
When the , if Dawn didn’t wake up and accept the child she had forgotten, then she would never heal And she would never be able to save Seth
“Too bad no one will be there when Daakes up” She looked at Seth, angry at hi But if she told him, if she explained, then it wouldn’t be Seth’s choice And she couldn’t do that to Dawn Callan had betrayed her in showing Seth those discs; she had heard Dawn’s rage and pain when Dash told her of it She wouldn’t betray Dawn further by guilting Seth into the other woman’s arms
She had warned hi more she could do
“What do youon her