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“No Making money is my intention” He paused “It should be yours too”

“I’ I can”

“Are you? It’s no fun if you don’t fight back”

Kirsty turned her head away from him to look out into the street

There was a flash Three newspaper photographers were taking pictures of the front of the store

“You got the press?”

“Just the Scottish,” he said It was no big deal “I pulled a few strings”

“And got the Scottish national papers to come to Invertary?”

He shrugged He was more interested in the fact Kirsty had suddenly paled than in the guy with the camera

“You’ve got to use everything you have, right?”

Kirsty looked around her as her brow furrowed Her eyes widened She was standing so close that he could feel her breathing speed up He ran a finger down her throat,her jerk, but not before he felt it Her pulse was picking up He could see her eyes flick about the roo within Lake stilled

“Breathe,” he told her

“I need to go” She turned in a panic

Lake grabbed her upper arm and spun her back towards him He’d seen plenty of panic attacks over the years Noasn’t the time to run

“No Don’t run Fight Use everything you have, Kirsty You can beat me You can win”