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He stopped, however, when he saw the snized the seal there

It was fro it before he could stop hi the words written black and forceful across the paper

Rage flared, hot and welcome, not because of the fact that he had lost his membership – there were a dozen other clubs that would have him – and not because of the insistence that he stay away frole, possessive word that rippled through hireeer She was his She, and the girl who sat across froet theht not knoas to come, but he knew this: Chase’s poas at an end Duncan wanted hiiana’s, or Caroline’s Duncan would see them protected from Chase and his unmatched control And he would see them blossom

Even if they were not with him when they did

"Let me take you home Your companion will no doubt be terrified to have lost you" He ca that she watched him carefully

"What of ee, and I have promised to help her"

"It is a bad idea"

He knew it She would not be content with ley And he wanted her content

He wanted her blissful

He could make her so

Of course, he couldn’t Not really Not with his past Not with the future that looe?" Caroline asked

He shook his head "Nothing of i to his hand, where the paper was crushed in his fist

He looked down at it, then said, "It is the next aze turned curious "Are you losing?"

He shook his head, his next step resolved, for the woer"

Chapter 18