The Billionaire's Healer: A Tangled Web of Money and Moonlight

ter smile sending a shiver down Amelia's spine. She could sense Alexander's s

became low and measured, but Amelia should

calculation. "Oh, it's pretty easy, certainly. I want access to Amelia's gift, h

afe, you cannot be extreme. You cannot possibly expect me to just surrender my present and my ab

I am no longer asking you to hand it over. I am telling you th

ead body, Rafe. Amelia is not a commodity to be offered or sold. I might not let

mit's now not be hasty. In any case, we're all friends right here; are we no longer? I'm sin

r like a physical force. She knew that they had been trapped, that Rafe held all the playing cards, and that the not

at you're asking. My present, my power, is no longer something I can just give away to the very best bidder. It

preference within the count number. You see, I've done my homework, and I realize exactly what's

y, approximately the sensitive stability she had maintained and the fragile internet of trust she had woven to

lightly contained rage. "You sonofabitch, Rafe. If yo

y rash guarantees if I were you. In the end, we would not want any unfortunate

with the belief that they had been outmaneuvered. Rafe had them trapped, his kn

leading. "What will we do, Alexande

ll figure this out, I promise you. Rafe may think he has the upper hand; however, we are no longer

ination. As they pulled aside, she should see the gears handing ove

properly, properly. It appears I have struck a nerve. However, don't worry, my pals; I don't

to play along. Rafe held all the cards and said that they needed to tread carefull

afe?" she requested, her voi

ey were about to go into a perilous new chapt

ripping with mock benevolence. "I need you to use your gift to

the implication of his phrases. "And what p

orne and I have been negotiating an alternative delicate commercial enterprise mission. on

"Rafe, in case you suppose for one second that I am going to al

not be hasty. I am truly soliciting a little... cooperatio

in. He changed into asking her, no, and demanding that she use her gift as a usefu

something I will simply give away to the best bidder. It is a responsibility, a burden that

m afraid you do not have a desire within you. You spot it; I have made it quite clear what is

She knew that Rafe was extreme, that he might forestall at nothing to get what he wanted, and the tho

nnot seriously assume us to just go along with this. Amelia's gift isn't somethi

gnize the gravity of the state of affairs. You see, I maintain all of the cards right her

a physical force. She knew that they had to tread cautiously and that one incorrect flow co

are asking. My present, my power-it's now not something I'm able to simply give away to the very best bidder. It'

u don't have a preference in the count number. you spot, the lives you've touched, the secrets you have stored-

that she could not risk the lives of those she had sworn to protect and that she needed to

never wanted to put you in this role; I never wanted to see you threatened like this. But I p

etely. And I'll do whatever it takes to guard the ones I care about, despite the fact

properly, well. It seems we've got an understanding,

d Alexander on my own in the dimly lit alcove, the weig

ked into a nook, compelled to make an address to the Satan, who would defend those they held d

nquer this mission, regardless of the cost. They could combat, _together_, to regain control of the state of a

fierce clarity that burned inside her. "All right, Alexander. Let's tr

d he pulled her right into a fierce embrace. "It truly is my woman

angerous journey, one that could take a look at the very limits in their energy and solve. but she also knew that t