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Sheridan found herself slulued to this an to darken and fade “D-did you say king? They gave ’s sperm?”

She pressed a shaky hand to her forehead Her throat was dry, so dry And her belly wanted to heave She’d thought this couldn’t possibly get worse She’d been wrong She sed the acidic bitterness and focused on the man before her

“They did, Miss Sloane”

Oh, ht he was the one whose sperht?—but a king would not co would also not look so dark and dangerous

This was someone else An official Perhaps even an ambassador Or an enforcer

It was easy to believe this man could be hired muscle He was tall and broad, and his eyes were chips of dark ice His voice was frosty and utterly co and to—to?

She couldn’t iine what he’d come here for What he expected of her

Sheridan worked hard to force out the words before the nausea overwhel that I’m sorry I understand how difficult this must be, but he’s not the only one affected My sister—”

She pressed her hand to her mouth as bile rose in her throat What would she say to Annie? Her fragile sister would implode, she just knew it

“Sorry is not enough, Miss Sloane It is not nearly enough”

She sed the nausea Her voice was thready when she spoke “Then I don’t—”

“Are you quite all right?” He was beginning to look alarry one he’d been giving her a o

“I’m fine” Except she didn’t feel fine She felt hot and sweaty and sick to her stomach

“You look green”

“It’s the heat And the hormones,” she added She pushed away fro herself upright “I should sit down, I think”