TRAPPED IN HIS GOLDEN CAGE

home wa

mousine, her hands clasped in her lap. The tension bet

gala. Her jaw was clenched, her fingers tapping against

cable, his tie in a perf

rned with a

he didn't u

n't sure she want

, its large, cold structure towering over them like

a second before fo

door closed behind th

, ready to retreat

't m

pped her in m

he middle of the large living room, his

ed. "Who do

fixed on her like a predator assessing

fened.

s down her spine. "Do you

d her b

ned unanswered, he

d. "I don't know what

me remember. This little show tonight, the

does it matter that you don

. "This is where

enc

ng, unsettl

sudd

ook a step

ano

Elena took

could react, he was there, above he

and intoxicating

e wall, trying to calm her pound

before returning to her eyes. "You're driving

ed sharpl

remely low now, like a storm raging beneath the su

on't

d you let hi

fr

that evening. "You let her dance with you," Alexander whispered,

let him do it because he didn't

re body

across her face. "Is

d, but she refused to back down. For

th

ssed her face with an i

pounded in

her lower lip, slo

a," he whispered, hi

n that moment she reali

dn't just ha

begun to mas

e wors

re she wanted

RMATH OF

Elena woke with

nig

d her. He had not purs

ook in hi

a war

ieved or disappointed. Sighing, she lef

y seated at the large dining table, his f

s attention was the woman

curved into a smile as she leane

sank. She re

ine C

ous m

been linked to Alexan

ngers over his arm, whispering somethi

idn't

ldn't be

ye

er voice made

is

ile widening. "Oh, dear

stif

ver, remained c

as he leaned back in his chair

ie

wed the bitter taste that

ere insignificant. "You look even mor

wed her eye

"You have no idea what ki

blood ra

his suppos

Alexander's voice cu

h, Mad

age was alr

heart beating fast. - Wha

enched. "It's none

omach

ent he realized

st hiding th

ng the trut

T CR

touched her

eating Madeline's w

a what kind of

believe it was

down in

hat night, as she lay in bed, staring

eded a

nder didn't

find the

ng had become v

just suffocating. It w

ays had a way o