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And he, for one, wasn’t going to throw that chance away

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Megan

It was close to ain stuck in a room with her captive At least this time she wasn’t alone Lake, Grunt, Claire, Joe, Calluuestrooe, outfitted with a massive bed, desk and chair, sofa and areous But the décor wasn’t the reason they were there

Candles flickered on the tops of the desk and dresser, and Megan wished the electricity was back on, because she would seriously have killed for so Claire had told her when Grunt brought her back to the castle was that the pub had a generator Megan bet Claire had coffee But then, Claire had also been stuck with Betty, so she guessed that evened things out

“Talk,” Grunt ordered fro beside the armchair Claire was curled up in Nor in the chair with his wife in his lap Megan could only assu because he expected Dimitri to make a run for it and he wanted to be ready

Dih, ran a hand over his hair then looked around the room “I’m an independent contractor”

“YouLake smile

“I’un for hire, love,” he said

“No you’re not” She wriggled closer to him on the sofa “You’re a security specialist”

They shared a secret san’s body It took her a minute to realise it was envy she felt

“Anyway,” their captive said, “I was in the aro”

“Which army?” Grunt asked

“US Rangers,” Dimitri said

Grunt grunted, and Megan didn’t know if that was a good grunt or a bad one