Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (57 page)

In
t
he
m
oon
li
g
h
t
,
h
i
s
w
i
ngs
spr
ea
d
w
i
de
ov
e
r
t
he
cl
oud
le
ss
s
k
y
.
He
ci
r
cle
d ov
e
r
h
ea
d.
M
y
e
y
e
s
l
a
y
m
e
s
me
r
i
ze
d
upon
t
he
Sord
a
r
i
n
who
w
it
h
i
n
m
o
me
n
t
s
la
nd
e
d
b
e
fore
m
e
.
He d
i
d
not
s
a
y
a
word
a
t
f
i
rs
t
.
He
j
ust
s
t
ood
t
h
e
r
e
,
t
oo
cl
os
e
,
t
oo
tall
,
t
oo
d
a
rk.
He
s
m
ile
d
a
t
m
e
.


A
re
y
ou h
ea
d
i
ng
so
m
e
wh
e
r
e
?

Cono
s
m
i
l
e
d
a
w
i
de
a
rrog
a
nt
gr
i
n.


S
hou
l
d
y
o
u
not
be
b
ac
k
a
t
t
he
ca
s
tl
e
w
it
h
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
?

I
s
ai
d.

M
y
d
e
s
ti
n
ati
on
i
s
not
y
o
u
r
c
on
ce
rn.
N
o
w,
p
lea
se
go
al
ong
w
it
h
y
o
u
r f
li
gh
t
.
I
h
a
ve
no
i
n
te
n
ti
ons
of
d
etai
n
i
ng
y
o
u
.”


Y
ou’re
no
t
,”
he
r
eac
h
e
d
out
a
nd
t
ou
c
h
e
d
m
y
f
ace
.
I
r
ec
o
ile
d.
I
h
a
ve
n
e
v
e
r
b
ee
n
t
ou
c
h
e
d
i
n
t
h
a
t
m
a
n
n
e
r
for
a
n
y
r
ea
son.

I
h
a
ve
w
aite
d
for
t
h
i
s
oppor
t
un
i
t
y
t
o
tal
k
w
it
h
y
ou w
it
hout
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
’s
ea
rs.”
He
p
a
us
e
d
for
a
m
o
m
e
n
t
,
g
la
n
ci
ng
down
a
t
m
y
b
a
re
f
eet
.

T
he
s
li
pp
e
rs
w
e
r
e
n’t
c
o
m
for
ta
b
le
?

M
y
e
y
e
s f
l
a
m
e
d.
T
o
be
r
i
d
ic
u
le
d!
I
s
te
pp
e
d
a
round
h
i
m
.
H
i
s
a
rm
h
alte
d
m
y progr
e
ss
i
on.

Y
ou
w
al
k
unpro
tecte
d
i
n
t
he
d
ea
d
of
n
i
gh
t
?


Y
ou
don’t
know
m
e w
ell
,”
I
a
n
sw
e
r
e
d
b
la
nd
l
y
.

I’m
not
a
fr
ai
d.
Of
wh
a
t
?
W
h
y wou
l
d
so
m
e
one
t
ry
t
o
h
a
r
m
m
e
?


I
ca
n
t
h
i
nk
of
a
f
e
w
r
ea
sons,”
h
i
s
e
y
e
s
g
la
n
ce
d
ov
e
r
m
e
i
n
a
w
a
y
t
h
a
t
ma
de
c
o
l
or rush
t
o
m
y
c
h
ee
ks.
H
a
ppy
a
t
lea
st
t
he
n
i
gh
t
’s
d
i
m
li
ght
h
i
d
m
y
e
m
b
a
rr
a
s
s
m
e
n
t
.

I
f
ace
d
h
i
m
i
n
t
he
n
i
gh
t
.

I
ca
n
w
el
l
ta
ke
ca
re
of
m
y
s
e
l
f.
I
h
a
ve
b
ee
n
t
r
ai
n
e
d
w
ell
.”

In
t
h
a
t
I
don’t
qu
e
s
ti
on,”
H
i
s
h
ea
d
tilte
d
t
o
ho
l
d
t
o
m
y
e
y
e
s
I
h
a
d
t
r
ie
d
t
o
d
i
v
e
r
t
.
He

l
ook
e
d
upw
a
rd.

It
i
s
a
gr
a
nd
n
i
ght
for
a
f
li
gh
t
.
D
o
y
ou
not
t
h
i
nk
?


I
w
ou
l
dn’t
kn
o
w.”

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