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Chapter 3 Welcome Number Six
fresh flowers, something expensive burning in
ned there. Arranged. I wondered if Killian had called ahead, t
e from good genes and better surgeries. Mid thirties maybe, with dark hair that fell in
f her tongue with just enough condesce
voice held a war
of woman who smiled while
etly, but her eyes stayed cold.
ly.
ith blonde hair cut short and sharp. She looked me u
said flatly.
n's tone was sh
stood, arms crossed, jaw set. She wasn't afrai
pposed to pretend this is normal? T
eyes snapped to me. "And I c
hen, unexpectedly, she grin
ful in a faded sort of way, like a painting left too long in the s
realized. The one who'd
s something almost gentle in his v
losing interest, star
was small, delicate, with dark skin and careful eyes. She watche
r. Calculat
htly, like we were sharing a pr
nd something in her expression was differ
this must be overwhelming. If you need anything,
o shouldn't
ou," I said, keepi
something flickered in her eyes.
n older woman in a crisp uniform who'd appeared silently beside
d, turning back to look at me with
, intimate despite the audience. "Wear so
ks. From anger, I to
d back to me with varying expression
her already perfect hair. "
than the last. Marble floors, crystal chandeliers, artwork that probabl
like a m
pening a door at the
inside a
space, draped in silk that probably cost more than a car. Floor to ceiling windows looked out over
e roses in crystal vases,
t in for you," Elena said. "
hed a petal. Soft. Perfect. Probab
ted
o a walk in closet I hadn't noticed. "Though Mr. Thorne has arr
t have his newest priz
he dining room is on the first floor, we
ng the door wit
s al
y forehead against the cool glass
e and I already felt
tiful and vast and surrounded by walls.
nded myself. No
too far away to make out clearly, but moving with pur
watching, and even from this distance
appeared in
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