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She turned and looked out at the dance floor, watching with a smile as Dash, Elizabeth and their daughter, Cassie, stepped into the ballroom.
Every male eye in the room turned, and the scent of male lust flowed in the soft breeze that wafted in through the open French doors.
Dash scowled over at his wife, Elizabeth, who merely smiled in return.
Cassie was a vision. All that long black hair rippled and curled around her face and to her waist. Strands were pulled back from the sides to the crown of her head and secured with a gleaming gold comb that cascaded with strands of diamonds on golden chains. The gold and diamonds gleamed beneath the chandeliers within the midnight darkness of Cassie’s hair.
Her evening gown was black, the Empire waist doing nothing to detract from the fragile delicacy of her lithe body.
“She’s a little freak. It’s so sad,” Lillian whispered, and Dawn tensed at the words. “Such a beautiful little girl to be so worthless.”
Dawn turned back to the older woman. “Excuse me?”
“Don’t you know? She’s one of those little Breeds running around here. A mixed Breed even. What do they call those?” She frowned at the thought. “Ah, yes. A mongrel.”
Dawn curled her fingers into the silken material of her purse.
“There’s another tramping around here somewhere.” Lillian shuddered. “Be careful, I heard she had her eye on Seth. She’s already forced his lover off the island. You’ll be next, no doubt.”
She needed to dress up more often, Dawn thought. Evidently a nice dress, a little makeup, and no one paid attention to anything but the boobs on display or, in the women’s case, the jewelry on display.
“Tramping around here, is she?” She arched her brow, careful to keep the other woman from seeing the canines that were aching to bite her.
“Squalling like a cat in heat.” Lillian grimaced as she kept her voice too low for Seth or her husband to hear. “Craig doesn’t want to understand how horrible it is that Seth is dirtying himself with that trash. When we get home, I’ll set him straight though.”
“Of course,” Dawn murmured.
How she hated women like this. She hated their vindictiveness, their judgmental attitudes and their lack of compassion.
“You know she’s merely after his money.” Lillian sighed. “How sad. Caroline would have made such a perfect match for Seth.”
Dawn nearly saw red. She promised herself she would control the anger flowing through her. This was Seth’s world, just a very small slice of it.
“Excuse me,” she said before turning to Seth and drawing his attention. “Dash and Elizabeth have just arrived with Cassie.” She nodded to the couple. “I think we should go help him.”
Craig Bartel chuckled. “She’s a beautiful little girl. Dash and Elizabeth should be very proud of her. I hear she was accepted into Harvard last year?”
“A law degree.” Seth nodded. “She’s taking her classes via remote link and doing wonderfully. And Dawn’s right, we should go help Dash.”
Because there were several unattached men moving in on the young woman and Dash looked murderous, despite his wife’s glare.
“If you’ll excuse us then.” Seth nodded to the couple, and at the last moment Dawn flashed Lillian a smile. It was all teeth.
The other woman gasped, then paled, her eyes widening as the full implications of what she had just revealed to Dawn flashed across her face.
“That was very naughty,” Seth murmured in her ear. “I might have to spank you later.”
“What did I do?” She widened her eyes as she flicked him a look before turning her attention back to the room.
“Whatever you were leading Lillian in over,” he said softly. “What did she say?”
There was more than curiosity, and the amusement was blatantly fake.
“Girl stuff.” She shrugged.
She glanced over her shoulder. The middle of her back itched, and she could feel the hairs at the back of her neck lifting in primal warning.
“Dawn.” His voice was warning. He wanted answers; he wasn’t a man that was used to being denied either.
