Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (41 page)

H
a
voc
r
ei
gn
e
d.

P
e
op
l
e
a
nd
so
l
d
ie
rs
r
a
n
r
a
m
p
a
n
t
. H
a
nn
a
h
s
a
t
i
n
t
he
g
a
rd
e
ns
not
f
a
r
from
t
he B
ee
k
m
a
n
m
a
ns
i
on, wh
ic
h
s
ee
m
e
d
t
o
be
ov
e
rrun
w
it
h
R
e
d
c
o
at
s.
She
s
a
t
w
it
hout
a
word
a
nd
s
ta
r
e
d.

Vo
ice
s
s
ta
r
tle
d h
e
r
from
b
e
h
i
nd,
but
t
he
w
ords
w
e
r
e
n't
d
i
r
ecte
d
a
t
h
e
r.

“
I
do
n
't
kn
o
w
wh
e
re
el
se
we
a
re
t
o
put
t
h
e
m
.
I
don't
b
elie
ve
t
he
Sug
a
r
Ho
u
se
ca
n ho
l
d
m
or
e
.
H
a
s
t
o
be
m
ore
t
h
a
n
t
wo
hundr
e
d
h
el
d
upon
t
he
supp
o
s
iti
on
t
h
a
t
t
h
e
y
w
e
re
i
n
ce
nd
ia
r
ie
s
t
o
t
he
f
i
r
e
,”
one
vo
ic
e
c
o
m
me
n
te
d.

“
G
e
n
e
r
a
l
Howe
i
s
i
n
no
m
ood
t
o
be
le
n
ie
n
t
.”

“
T
he
poor
soul
t
h
i
s
m
or
n
i
ng,
but
I
s’ppose
t
h
e
re
h
a
d
t
o
be
m
a
de
a
s
tateme
n
t
,
Ar
t
hur. Don’t
y
ou
t
h
i
nk
?
”

“
T
h
i
n
k
?
I
t
h
i
nk
t
h
a
t
i
f
t
h
i
s
i
s
a
ny
i
nd
icati
on
of
t
he
i
n
tel
l
i
g
e
n
c
e of
t
he
A
m
e
r
ica
ns,
t
h
e
n
t
h
e
y
a
re
i
nd
ee
d
not
l
ong
t
o
d
ea
l
w
it
h.
T
he
spy
s
i
gn
ale
d
our
sh
i
p.
No
qu
e
s
ti
on
a
bout
h
i
s
i
n
te
n
t
.
D
r
a
w
i
ngs
a
nd
p
a
p
e
rs
d
a
m
n
e
d
h
i
m
w
it
hout
a
d
e
b
ate
.
G
e
n
e
r
a
l
H
owe
ord
e
r
e
d
t
he
e
x
ec
u
ti
on
w
it
hout
e
v
e
n
a
t
r
ial
.”

“
But
I
w
il
l
g
i
ve
t
h
a
t
h
i
s
sp
i
r
i
t
w
a
s
s
t
rong.
A
lt
hough
from
h
i
s
a
pp
ea
r
a
n
ce
,
t
oo
g
e
n
tl
e
a d
i
spos
iti
on
for
t
he
ro
l
e
he
w
a
s
supp
o
s
e
d
t
o
h
a
ve
p
l
a
y
e
d.
I
found
h
i
m
t
o
h
a
ve
a

c
ons
ci
ousn
e
ss
of
r
ectit
ud
e
,
e
v
e
n
d
eali
ng
w
it
h
Cunn
i
ngh
a
m
.
He
d
e
s
t
ro
y
e
d
t
he
lette
rs
I
le
t
t
he
poor
f
ell
ow
wr
it
e
h
i
s
f
a
m
il
y
.
T
o
l
d
m
e
t
h
a
t
t
he
d
a
m
n
r
e
b
el
s
shou
l
dn't
know
t
h
a
t
t
h
e
y h
a
d
a
m
a
n
i
n
t
h
ei
r
a
r
m
y
who
c
ou
l
d
d
i
e
w
it
h
so
m
u
c
h
f
i
r
m
n
e
ss
i
n
h
i
s
b
elie
fs.”

“
I
kn
o
w
y
o
u
,
C
a
p
tai
n
Mon
t
r
e
sor,
h
a
v
e
n't
s
ee
n
e
y
e
t
o
e
y
e ov
e
r
m
u
c
h
w
it
h Cunn
i
ngh
a
m
,
but
w
e
a
re
a
t
w
a
r.
He
m
a
y
be
t
oo
bru
ta
l
b
y
h
al
f,
but
m
a
y
be
t
h
at
's
wh
a
t
t
he A
m
e
r
i
ca
ns
n
ee
d
a
t
t
he
m
o
me
n
t
. H
i
t
t
h
e
m
h
a
rd
a
nd
t
h
e
y
won't
c
o
m
e
b
ac
k
w
it
h
t
h
i
s r
i
d
ic
u
l
ous
no
ti
on
of
i
nd
e
p
e
nd
e
n
ce
.”