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"Here? This house?"

"This house I kneould be gone for ten years I didn’t wanthi"

"I caht I knockedand having e He never kneas me I was on my way to Europe by the ti me this?" she asked

"You wanted to knoho I was That I have the capacity to cause that sort of harret it"

She laid both hands on each side of his face and looked him in the eyes

"I’m proud of you," she said "If I were you, I would have done the sa me, Little One You restore ain but she could sense hio yet

"Go to bed, Eleanor You need sleep So do I"

"Can I sleep with you? Just sleep, I ht Not in this house"

"But soh she yelped The yelp turned into a laugh He pulled her even tighter to him

"If you choose, Little One, I can own you You would be my property, mine alone"

"Of course you can own e without thinking She no more needed to think about her words than she did about breathing Yes, he could own her Breathe in Breathe out He always had

"But not yet," she said

"I’ll leave first" Søren released her froht to bed"

He kissed her quick on the lips and walked to the door

At the door he paused with his hand on the knob

"Little One, you should know so else"

She sat back on the bed and pulled her knees to her chest

"What is it?"

"What you know of me, what you’ve seen, this is only one small part of me There are far less likable aspects to my character than what I’ve allowed you to see If you don’t believe sley"