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She licked her lips and nodded “I would expect it But I won’t betray you”

He nodded abruptly “My men will escort you out of the city Return to your home and await contact”

“Soon?” she asked as she rose slowly froirls aren’t mistreated,older,” she whispered “The three oldest are already over eighteen He won’t be able to protect theer”

“Then you better be persuasive with your father and your friends,” he growled “Because I don’t jus and risk myself and my men as easily as you seem to think I should Fe to do what they must for freedom are worth the risk But never doubt you have spies there, and I’ll knoho they are before I come in And I’ll know, lovely Anya, if you are friend or foe Make sure you stay on the friend side of the equation I don’t care about killing a female if she betrays me”

She stared back at hiance Hell, this one should have been a Breed herself She was that daring That courageous

“If one of those girls dies before you , “then you are the one that better be careful, Del-Rey whoever the hell you are I ht be a child in your eyes, but I’d make a very bad enemy”

She was threatening hi Instead, he merely chuckled, rapped the wall and waited for Brim to step inside

“Get her out of here quickly and quietly,” he ordered the otherback to her nice, safe little home”

Bri back to allow her to leave the room She moved past him, then turned and stared back at Del-Rey

“You should sain “I bet you’re really cute when you smile”

He held the srin shaped his lips The little i to have a bit of trouble on his hands with this one, he could see And a bit of a challenge

TWO YEARS LATER

“This is insanity” Anya jumped from the chair in the back of yet another dirty room and faced the man that entered the room “You have to move faster than this”

Del-Rey Dark blond hair grew to his shoulders, black eyes so deep that at times they reflected the faintest hint of blue

A darker blond brow arched at her outburst as he watched her coolly He watched her the same as he had two years before, when she’d met him the first tied nothing in how he treated her