Mcca
, throbbing pain
nergy humming through the bond he had forced between us. The mind-link stretched fr
ne of my pearl-gray dress had slipped down, exposing the curve of my shoulder. There it was-an angr
the reflection, were cold with a
suite door opened. Hassan Doyle strode in with the modified hotel keycard
Hassan had insisted that their private meetings, lingering touches, and whispered conversations were nothing more than political necessity. But there had al
hanel suit, her makeup perfect, he
ettling on the bite mark exposed on my should
toward me. He grabbed my shoulders, shaking me
a bitter, cold lau
didn't know I possessed. I looked him stra
ed, each word a shard of glass, "wh
fore returning in a dark flush. Hi
ssan, darling," she cooed, her voice sickly sweet. "Don't w
t to be a knife, an
into place. The mission, the risk, Hass
He turned back to me, his voice rising once more. "You ruined everything!
inger at me. "We're done
e last vestiges of my grief for what I thought we
kness forgotten. "We were done the moment you l
anced at Sloane, then ra
daring him. "Go on. Do it. Show everyone that Hassan Doyle isn't jus
ir. He couldn't do it.
?" Sloane tugged at his arm, impatient.
d. "So, the Sharpe family
eded. This wasn't just Hassan's ambition. This was the pri
escaped my lips. It
t?" Hassan demanded, his
a frozen wasteland. "I'm laughing at myself," I said,
t out. Take your new maste
an involunta
the exit. "A marked Rogue," she said over her shoulder, her fi
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