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choice.”
    Suddenly she was filled with righteous fury. She picked up the empty champagne bottle, and stalked toward him.
    “Get the fuck out of my room,” she screamed.
    ***
    Torr pulled the door closed behind him and heard the crash as the heavy bottle smashed into the wood.
    Well, that had gone well.
    He could still taste her on his lips and feel the softness of her. His cock was hard and his balls ached. He slammed his fist into the wall.
    “How’s it going?”
    He glanced up to see Phoebe standing in the hallway watching him, and if he wasn’t mistaken, there was pity on her face. “Brilliantly,” he snarled.
    Most people would have backed off, but Phoebe was tougher than that. “So what happened to make you look so happy?”
    “Let me think. First, I insulted her way of life, then I assaulted her, and finally I threatened her with prison.”
    “Assaulted? Is she okay?”
    “Of course, she’s okay. What do you take me for?”
    A slight smile flickered across her face and was gone just as quickly. The truth was Phoebe knew exactly what he was, and what he was capable of. But she also must know he would never hurt Bella.
    “Well,” she said, “it sounds like a great way to get someone to fall in love with you.”
    “I don’t need her to fall in love with me. I just need her to remember that she’s already in love with me.”
    “You want me to talk to her?”
    “You can’t tell her; that would be breaking the Covenant.”
    “I know that. But maybe a friendly face will help her relax.”
    “I’m friendly,” he growled.
    Another crash came from inside the room.
    Torr ran a hand through his hair and sighed. “Okay. I’d appreciate it if you’d stay with her. I’ve got…things to do and a meeting; and yeah, she could probably do with some company.”
    “Okay. It will be nice to have another woman around this place. You guys can be a bit overpowering you know.” She strolled past him and tapped lightly on the wood.
    “Get lost!” Bella shouted.
    Phoebe turned to Torr. “Go on. I think this might go better if you’re not here when she opens the door.”
    Torr didn’t want to leave, but he had to go see if he could find out any information. And afterward he needed to tell the others what had occurred with Lilith. They had to try to work out who had his soul and what they planned to do with it. If it was Razul, they were in trouble.
    Razul hated his guts.
    Along with the rest of him.
    ***
    The tap came again.
    Bella strode across the room and yanked open the door, opened her mouth to tell him to…and closed it again.
    A woman stood in the doorway, her hand raised, ready to repeat the knock. She was small, around the same height as Bella, with blonde hair cut off blunt at the shoulder, framing a heart shaped face, pointed chin with a deep dimple, and dark brown eyes flecked with gold. She was also at least seven months pregnant.
    It was so unexpected that Bella’s mouth dropped open again.
    The woman thrust her hand out in front of her. “Hi, I’m Phoebe.”
    “Phoebe?”
    “Didn’t Cade mention me?” She cocked her head to one side, a small frown on her face. “You did meet my husband, didn’t you?”
    “Cade is your husband?” Though, she remembered now, he’d said he was meeting Phoebe for lunch.
    She grinned. “Yeah, aren’t I lucky?” She glanced down at her hand, then back up to Bella’s face, one eyebrow raised.
    “Sorry,” Bella muttered. “I thought you were Torr, coming back.” She took the hand and felt her own shaken vigorously.
    “May I come in?” Phoebe asked.
    Bella’s first inclination was to get out of there fast and avoid any further confrontations with Torr. Her lips still tingled where he had kissed her, and her mind felt curiously light as though she might float away at any moment. However, that could be the champagne. Served her right for drinking in the morning. Then again, she could blame only so much on the alcohol. But she was also insatiably