Yesterday, when she'd looked into her father's mind, she discovered that he had been devestated and worried into ill health because of her unexpected ...absence. Her short conversation with the Praetor before she vanished only worried him that much more. Even though he was wondrously relieved to see her return, now he was worried about her physical condition and whether she had harmed herself beyond her ability to regenerate. That was his greatest gift to her and all of her sisters; that special. ”Her response was perfect. Her eyes flew through a spectrum of emotions: incomprehension, confusion, upset and then fear. Her body became limp. I took the opportunity to latch the door and open my bag.Ball gag. I pulled it out and forced it round her head, gagging her completely. Then she started to struggle. The cuffs were next, and I had to turn her round to face the wall before I could twist her arm up her back to snap the first one onto her wrist.Again, I leant forward and whispered. I could see some mildly feminine touches to the room and scowled, picking at the frilly bolster and pillow cases. Eoin chuckled from the doorway and assured me I could make over the room to be more me after he took me shopping for clothes and other necessities. He left me to unpack my meager belongings to ring the doctor.After throwing my bloody shirt overboard into the Irish Sea, I possessed exactly two t-shirts (one of which I was wearing), three pairs of jeans, three pairs of socks, three. Kat Tangeman.I wanted to jerk Kyle away and rush him to Laramie’s bed, but I couldn’t do that. It wasn’t Kyle’s fault that he fell in love with Kat while I loved Laramie. The truth was, I loved Kat, too. I’d given up trying to figure out how I could love so many women so completely. When I looked into Kat’s eyes, I saw Ashley and there was no question I was in love with that girl. I was anxious to get to Laramie, but now that I was here and was suddenly sure I’d be with Laramie until we died, I.