I needed time tothink."Admit it," Phil demanded."Ugh-Oh God, ugh-you're right," I admitted, tearsflowed from my eyes."I know I'm right," he said. "Jus...t look at you. Youcan't be a man. You never were. Go on. Tell me whatyou are."He was right. There was no way that anyone could lookat me and see me for anything else than... "Awoman." No, not a woman. Not with those tight narrow littlehips. Not with those perky little titties. No,bitch. You a girl. You only a girl. Go on, say it.". ”“So you’ve come. Now you can go. Report that Dernhelm sought a few moments of privacy for reasons of his own, and that all is well.”The ice in her tone shredded the air, even as the heat of her arousal still glowed. He did his best to ignore both. “It’s more complicated than you realize. I fear report of the discontent of mysterious Dernhelm may already be making its way to Éomer. And if that happens, it will soon be known to King Théoden as well.”Her retort was as sharp as a blade. “How could. He would wait a few years — until a new family moved in — then produce his claim.The family would either have to move out or pay him off. Either way worked for Diamond Bob. If they moved out he would sell the ranch to the highest bidder and move on. If they paid him off, he would just move on.But now some lowlife gunslinger was blocking his play. He had watched the Double-M spring to life a couple of years before. But he knew the ranch would be worth even more down the road. So he waited and. He frowned at Katie’s response to his French. “Can you find him?”“I don’t--”“Almost,” Giselle said. “It’s not exact. Getting within five blocks is possible, but it could take hours rolling up and down a street if he was in one of the buildings and stationary.”“That’s about right,” Katie said, not having tested how much her newfound magic radar had drawn her to Halifax from Edmonton. When she got on the plane, she had felt like she knew, to the millimeter, where she was going. When she got off.