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He takes a bite of his roll and makes some comment to Cat.
Cat answers back politely.
I want to know what they’re saying.
No, fuck that—I want to rip out Hedeon’s voice box. Can’t he see, clearer than day, that Cat belongs to me?
The evidence is wrapped around her neck.
Cat can feel me watching her. Her eyes flit up to meet mine. Her cheeks flush deeply pink, darker than her lips. Instinctively, her fingertips fly up to touch the metal ring in the center of her throat.
“One hour,”I mouth.
Cat nods slowly.
That’s the time we set for her to meet me in the Bell Tower.
Blood surges into my cock.
“What are you looking at?” Bram demands.
“Nothing,” I say, returning to my food.
Bram glances across the room, but he can’t follow my gaze across the crowded dining hall.
I’ve been makingimprovements to the Bell Tower. I’ve brought up cushions, blankets, and candles, stolen from all over the castle. Other things, too: ropes. Chains. And a tool of my own invention . . .
I wait for Cat, blood pumping through my veins with the pressure of a fire hose.
If she’s one fucking minute late, I’m going to punish her . . .
I hear a pebble tumbling down the steps.
It’s the only hint that Cat is coming.
She’s quiet and light on her feet. Small and unobtrusive.
She really is a talented Spy, in her own way.
After all, even that consummate predator Rocco Prince had no idea that she was stalking him . ..
She stands just out of sight in the shadow of the stairwell. But I know she’s there, watching me.
I light the candles one by one, until they form a half-circle around the fallen bell, like the precursor to a seance. What will Cat and I summon tonight?
I start the music.
A playlist of my choosing, selected specifically for Cat.
Only once my preparations are complete do I speak.
“Why are you still dressed?”
Cat steps out of the shadows into the candlelight.
Her face is still, but those big dark eyes never stop communicating with me. They betray all her secrets.
She begins to disrobe.
