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She turned and looked out at the dance floor, watching with a shter, Cassie, stepped into the ballroom

Every male eye in the room turned, and the scent of h the open French doors

Dash scowled over at his wife, Elizabeth, who merely smiled in return

Cassie was a vision All that long black hair rippled and curled around her face and to her waist Strands were pulled back froleaolden chains The gold and diaht darkness of Cassie’s hair

Her evening goas black, the Eile delicacy of her lithe body

“She’s a little freak It’s so sad,” Lillian whispered, and Dawn tensed at the words “Such a beautiful little girl to be so worthless”

Dawn turned back to the older woman “Excuse me?”

“Don’t you know? She’s one of those little Breeds running around here A mixed Breed even What do they call those?” She frowned at the thought “Ah, yes A rel”

Dawn curled her fingers into the silken material of her purse

“There’s another tra around here somewhere” Lillian shuddered “Be careful, I heard she had her eye on Seth She’s already forced his lover off the island You’ll be next, no doubt”

She needed to dress up ht Evidently a nice dress, a littlebut the boobs on display or, in the women’s case, the jewelry on display

“Tra around here, is she?” She arched her brow, careful to keep the other wo to bite her

“Squalling like a cat in heat” Lillian grimaced as she kept her voice too low for Seth or her husband to hear “Craig doesn’t want to understand how horrible it is that Seth is dirtying hiht though”

“Of course,” Dawn murmured

How she hated womental attitudes and their lack of compassion