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Selene rested her hands on the arms of the throne and smiled At last she here she had alanted to be

She glanced down at her gown of spun cloth of gold, at the rings glittering on her fingers, the wide gold band on her left wrist There was a bejeweled crown on her head, a rope of pearls around her neck And in her chaold, of silver The wealth of the kingdolance at Renick, seated on the throne beside hers He would have been a handsome man but for the scar on his left cheek Still, he possessed an air of virility, a latent sense of danger, that excited her She had been his wife for nearly a month now, and she knew the shape of his body, the texture of his short blond hair, the way his icy blue eyes blazed with desire when he took her in his ar flesh

She toyed i for him to finish the business at hand Spies had recently returned froone and she was anxious to hear the news

Earlier, she had listened intently as Renick conferred with thewith every decision her husband athered together, when their allies had arrived, they would attack Hardane and the riches of Argone would be theirs

Renick had indicated it ht be necessary to dispose of Kylene as well as Hardane He had looked at her closely, his cold blue eyes probing deep into her soul, as he awaited her reply She knew he had expected her to shrink fro that would harm her sister, but then, he didn&039;t know she had once tried to drown Kylene in the bathtub She had aze with one of her own

You must do whatever is necessary, my husband, she had replied

At first, he had been stunned by her answer, and then he had smiled, obviously pleased to learn that they were ain They ell suited, she mused Both sure of what they wanted Neither afraid to do what had to be done The day after Bourke&039;s funeral, his two-year-old daughter had been sent froiven into the care of a farmer and his ho had been warned that their lives would be forfeit should they ever divulge the child&039;s identity

Soon, Selene thought, soon she would rule the countries of Mouldour and Argone With Renick at her side, nothing and no one would be able to stop her