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“They know your sister has mated with Callan,” she told him carefully “Just as you knew ”

Or had he? She watched his face pale alar

“That bastard touched her?” he snarled

“No,” she drawled ly “He mated with her Surely you reer cares if they take him alive or dead They want the woman and any child she carries But you already knew that, didn’t you, Mr Tyler? Why else would they attackto you?”

He shook his head slowly

“I never betrayed my sister I wouldn’t ” His voice sent a chill down her spine Sherra frowned

“I came to kill you, Kane Tyler,” she said carefully

He didn’t seeed with mockery

“Perhaps you could delay that little atterowled

“What the hell is thisshit?”

“Later,” she snapped “Now is not the time for explanations Now is the ti, if Merinus didn’t tell you of it ”

And Sherra was nearly certain he hadn’t known He was a liar, but in this one instance, he was telling the truth Her gifts had grown through the years, with maturity and desperation She could now smell a lie as others could diseased trash

“Who are you?” His voice sizzled “And you’re going to have to be a littlethan you have been, woman I can’t help Merinus or Callan with so little information ”

Taking a deep breath, Sherra stepped from the shadows She watched his eyes widen, saw the suspicion turn to knowledge

“You aren’t dead,” he whispered, blinking, as though trying to assure himself she was there His expression went slack with shock, his eyes glea hope, then with fury