r was frigid, see

oice shaking with suppressed anger. "Faye set t

" Declan' s voice was a whip

e that. She listens to you. You mu

y. "Why is it always Faye? Every time someth

s the highest bidder not handsome enough for you? If it had b

any defense I had prepared died in my throat. He

to a halt in fro

race. She was holding a small crystal trophy. The "Philanthropist of

eclan, don't be mad at Alana. I should have checke

tly, replaced by a look of pure adoration. "It' s

dn't even care anymore. I walked st

ite to a guest room at the end of the hall. It was a clear signal

filled with all the gifts Declan had ever given me. At the very bottom

taste for fine jewelry," he had

fore I even arrived. They were never for me. I didn't even like jewelry. I onl

last year were all generic, th

a large suitcase, ready f

d replacing the white gardenias i

he maid explained. "Mr. Lamb had these special low

ediately my nose began to

my purse for my inhaler. The

ecked it that mor

for the spare inhaler I kept in the medici

athroom door o

inhaler. She put it to her lips, making a

ut, and I slid

ont of my face. "Looking for this?" she tau

. I snatched it from her, put it

me out. It

into a horrifying

dissolved into a d

visit, to see how I was. He took one look at the scene, shoved Faye aside, and pulled

, and the blessed rush o

rage. "What the hell were you doing, Faye

itched from a cold smirk to a piteous sob. "I... I s

Coleton yelled. "You had

s swept over the scene-me, gasping for breath, suppor

Faye' s side. "What happened? Are you okay