![]() "Are you sure?" she asked, her gaze steady. Trying not to show her how anxious he was to escape - he thought she would see that as weakness - he said slowly, "Whatever it is, I can pay it." "Since your freedom has such an extraordinary value, then the price must be dear as well." He was so staggered he lapsed into politeness with her. "I'm talking about striking a deal, which would necessitate my freeing you." ![]() "You have something I want, and I have something you desperately, desperately need." ![]() "But I don't." Collecting her pistol, she rose to her knees. "My family has been fortunate in that regard." Even here it must cost something to own a mountain with herds of horses covering it." This room was obviously making him crazed. So why did he continue tarrying with her? Because he was about to die? Because he wanted to talk to someone? Anyone?Īnd he'd done this for two nights. In the beginning he'd hoped she would give him information about Annal¨ªa, but he'd soon realized she was too intelligent to let anything slip. Why would he speak with the woman who'd advocated a more advantageous and strategic timing of his execution? Though it went against everything he was, he sat in his prison, on the wrong end of a gun, conversing with Olivia Pascal. ![]() ![]() "Did your father tell you that?" Aleix asked. ![]()
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