tand. The deep claw marks gouged into the floorboards. The unconscious white tiger that was t
closer. Hurried footsteps. The
now, dripping with false concern. "I'm so worried ab
. Then the sound of an electr
p, let her hair fall across her face in tangled
or bur
eyes. She flinched-genuinely-and curl
e cut through the chaos, sharp with t
k. The glint of triumph barely hidden in her eyes. And behind her, a pack of journalists f
me out as a broken whisper. She let the
extended like a weapon. "Princess Shields,
rror. She shook her head mutely, her gaze darting to the unconscious tiger
r reporter muttered, his camera clicking
dripping with false sympathy. "Georgia has been... obsessed with
tallized in her chest. There it was. The knife, slipped n
hugging her knees to her chest. Let them sp
tread of military boot
His eyes swept the room-the wreckage, the reporters, the weepi
ils con
e said, his voice l
an, her voice honeyed, "sure
id ge
as if pushed by an invisible hand. Meredith's face went pale, then flushed with fury, but
ve for Georgia's ragged breathing and the deep
ixed on Georgia. "Wha
tretch, let him see the bruises forming on her arms, the
hispered finally. "
m the darkening bruise-the unmis
lence between them was a liv
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