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the world. Every other passenger seemed to be traveling as part of a group or with partners or

mal suit a sharp contrast to the casual attire

y forward as she felt him t

s probably only trying to pass the time r

on, he took the hint

g away during casual conversation. And the closer the man sat next to he

ht left on schedule

n took her first full breath in hours, letting the

he country-although it wasn't after the

her mind around

of him dying in some painfully violent way. Yet her mind had revo

likely died if

greedy, ruthless man who had wanted s

killing him wouldn't give her back what she'd lost, that while he was able to sleep peac

ant Commissioner of Police at the time. Her words, as a traumatized eleven-year-old, had been dismissed out of hand. The police had claimed that she couldn't have recognized the men if they had worn balaclava

iving god by exacting His vengeance on Finn Maxwell, scouring the country's newspapers onlin

young women. Both times, he'd been acquitted. One newspaper had even

teenth birthday, Autumn had recalled her father o

ttle time formulati

just messed

**

umn turned and stared sightlessly at the vast, unspoil

to qualifying as a pediatrician unless their mother had managed to persuade her

ownup dress, and for the first time, Autumn had understood why their mother, a woman who valued beauty above everything else, would despa

tella, his uncle had managed to keep his desi

hat he had been barely able to keep his eyes off Stella that evening. In her naivety, she had thought t

adoring uncle, often lifting them together and letting them ha

nes that he would have raped her tonight-before or after he'd killed her. She wasn't sure th

n like an unsharpened sword, she wouldn't have chos

ion could

ning erectile function; in Cayenne, he would have been lucky if they f

ad that he was, the inability to func

iny smile tugged at the

with her unintentional swipe, she had brought abou

use his cock as a w

all she'd done

for the rest of his life f

t taking the time to put a separate bullet t