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Within moments, he had his answer

Isobel’s stunned blue eyesbetween the into the cacophony of noise that seemed to return louder than ever before

Dominic’s world rocked, and his heart soared as he stared into the features of the one person he had never thought to see again

Isobel!

“Sweetover her beautiful features hungrily He absorbed every new nuance and hollow in the delicately pale face that was so achingly familiar

Isobel’s world swam around her as she stared up at Do dread Despite everything, she knew in that instant that she still loved him, and undoubtedly alould

The dark slashes of his thick brows eaze that now pierced her with hungry intensity, causing her blood to huh her body

Her sole perfectly still, she was stunned to discover that despite everything, she wished he would just slide his arms around her, and hold her Just once more Her heart thumped crazily in her chest, and she found herself unable to aze roamed over her from head to foot

“Isobel? Is it really you?” he made no attempt to hide the incredulous tone of his voice

Isobel yearned to lean against his solid warmth Unchecked tears trickled slowly down her pale features, as her ard body cried out to him If God should strike her do, she would happily cross the gates of Heaven to spend her last moments with this man beside her

She found herself unable to make a sound, and watched solemnly as his hand slowly rose to cup her cold cheek tenderly The touch of his blunt fingers against her flesh snapped her out of her daze Horror surged through her as the stark reality of her current predicalanced up at hiht of the horrifying figure of her uncle rapidly approaching

“Isobel, darling!” Doot no further

“Please helpas itto you at all, please helpto her against her current predicament

With her uncle, and i, it was imperative Dominic understood her desperate situation, and help her She couldn’t bear the thought of si weeks to be for nothing

To be betrayed by Dominic would be the worst kind of defeat possible Isobel didn’t think she could bear it She desperately began to search for a way out