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"I understand Even if I' on,to what you've told ht"
"I knew you'd say that We'll make landfall toton My colleagues Gaetown, and I'm sure they'd be very happy to put you up NUMA will foot the bill for any clothes you need"
Karla did an unexpected thing She leaned across the table and kissed Austin lightly on the lips "Thank you for all you've done for me and for Uncle Karl I don't kno I can repay you"
Austin would nor froent woman like Karla with an invitation to dinner But the e was a polite "You're welcoet some sleep
Karla told hier, and that she'd see hiht As he left theher chin on her hands, apparently deep in thought For all his philosophical reading, Austin was at a loss when it ca themselves to tears at their latest practical joke They had locked the secret that could save the world in the finely sculpted head of a lovely young woman
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Gant considered the final moments of the foxhunt as the , the raucous tallyhos and the thundering hooves were merely a prelude to the ht the terrified animal and tore it to bloody shreds
The prey had been unusually resourceful The wily ani the top of a fallen tree and doubled back in an attempt to throw off its pursuers But, in the end, the pack cornered the dooe Gant had had planted to funnel hunted foxes to a dead end against a stone wall Even then, the fox had attempted to defend itself b
efore being ripped to pieces
Gant had sent the other hunters back to his house to celebrate the satisfying conclusion He dise, and relived the fox's final e practice, but he considered it a gle between the strong and the weak
A horse whinnied Gant looked up at a low hill and he scowled A horseainst the blue sky No one was supposed to be riding in his fields andhis heels in and galloped up the hill
The man watched Gant's approach from the saddle of a chestnut-colored Arabian Unlike the red-jacketed foxhunters, he was dressed simply in faded jeans and turquoise polo shirt A black baseball cap with a Harley-Davidson emblem on the crown covered his platinum-silver hair
Gant brought his ," he snapped "This is private property"
The ht blue eyes barely flickered
"Do tell," he said