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"You’ve seen the trouble your husband is willing to endure to ensure the coin re broatches of pure silk "It won’t be in a drawer"
Probably not "Perhaps it’s inside a safe-deposit box I can gather all his keys If we leave now--"
Dominik squeezed her arm but didn’t say another word
"What do you think I did before co to the chapel?" Baden asked
He’d been to the house? "Did you see three pit bulls? One is brindle, one is gray, and--"
"There were no dogs of any breed," he interjected, his brow furrowed "No cats, either"
Devastationinside her Where had Alek hidden her pets?
The white-haired ht hesitation, patted his shoulder "We have a problereen eyes landed on Doer alive We’re good"
Bile nearly choked her "Three of you uards?"
The white-haired arded her, all did the bride hit her head on the way out? "Wasn’t like it was a big deal They were only human" He saze fro to the contrary He still watched her with that air of challenge, and she gulped "You don’t consider yourself hueyman?"
"Yes"
What!
He stepped aside and"You will return Now"
Leave the crazy man? No need to tell her twice She raced down the hall and burst through the doors She would stand guard over Alek if necessary and--
She skidded to a halt Blood covered the walls and pews and pooled on the floor Bodies, body parts and other things she couldn’t na here, there and everywhere
Alek was nailed to the podium, unconscious, his head slumped forward The bile returned, and waves of nausea crashed through her once again; she closed the distance Her hand trembled as she felt for a pulseit was barely perceptible, but it was there
"Happy now?" Baden ca her