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Madness

Madness to care about her, to even pray for a complete recovery, but he couldn't seem to stop himself He needed her to awaken, needed to save just one ain

He smiled down at her, his patient He couldn't see her face at all because of the bruising, but it didn't matter She was beautiful to hioddess, his ain

That's what he would call her A naic and mystery of the moon

"Selena " He brushed a ht the fever, Selena"

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In the next instant, a Gatling-gun burst of whispers shot through the silence

Ian spun in his seat and glared at the people huddled along the wall Lord, he should have thrown the crazy lot of them out yesterday They had no business here "Shut up or leave"

Johann strolled forward Flinging his angular hip to one side, he planted a thin hand on it and sighed with his usual drama "Apparently, Herr Doctor, there's soe"

Ian's brows pulled together in a low, forbidding frown intended to silence the fool He stood and strode toward the group "Now, look here?"

"Where?" Maeve interrupted

Ian glanced at his ue, and she clutched one of his father's old hunting trophies against her chest Today it was a badger, frozen forever in a defensive snarl, its padded body stiff and rock-hard She was certain that Herbert's soul resided in one of the animals?she simply wasn't sure which one

He looked away, disgusted, sweeping the rest of the misfits with cold eyes Before he could speak, they started talking again, arguing apies

"I found her?" someone said

"I opened the door?" Edith argued