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shoes he had worn in Rome, and Roderick had to admit they looked comfortable if one could get used to something being between the toes.

    “You like my flip-flops?” she asked.

    Roderick jerked his head up. “I don’t think I’ve seen any like that.” She took a drink and smiled. “I sewed the sequins on myself a couple of months ago when I got the skirt. Now you can find flip-flops with sequins everywhere.” Roderick wasn’t about to ask what a sequin was, but he supposed they were the shiny things on her…flip-flops. He looked at the shoes again. Well, they did make a flip-flop noise when one walked.

    He moved his eyes away from the shoes and found himself staring at the necklace again. “Anything odd happen since you received that necklace?”

    “Odd?” she repeated. “The only thing odd to happen is bumping into you. The museum isn’t normally a place I meet men.”

    Roderick motioned to the sofa in the next room. “Why don’t we sit?” Her eyes darted into the room before she walked ahead of him. She settled herself on one end of the sofa next to the fireplace and faced him.

    “So tell me about yourself. Where do you come from?” He had dreaded this question. “Some place very far away.”

    “That would explain the accent,” she said and took another drink of the merlot. “I loved geography in school. What country did you grow up in?”

    “Thales,” he answered, though it wasn’t a country, it was his realm.

    Her brow furrowed. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that country.”

    “No one ever does. Where do you hail from?” She laughed, the sound filling the large place with warmth and energy. “About two hours east of here in a very small town. When I graduated, I packed my bags the next day and moved here. It was about two years later that Jennifer moved as well.”

    “You and this Jennifer have been friends a long time.”

    “Since sixth grade,” she said, a small smile on her face as if she were remembering the day. “We were inseparable during junior high and high school.” Since Roderick didn’t know about sixth grade, junior high or high school, he just nodded. “It’s nice to have a friend for so long.” Suddenly, soft music filled the air, startling Elle. Roderick barely moved even though he knew Aimery had something to do with it. He found it hard to imagine the Fae commander had no idea Elle wore the necklace, and with so many creatures being released, there wasn’t time for any of them to become involved with anyone.

    “Oh,” Elle said and sighed. “You must have it on a timer.”
    “That’s
    right,”
    Roderick answered and rose to get himself a drink. He needed something strong.

    “I love Mozart.”

    He stopped just before he began to pour the drink and looked over his shoulder at her.

    “The man who wrote this music.”

    “I know,” he murmured the lie and finished pouring the amber liquid into the glass. Whiskey.

    “Where are you from really?”

    Roderick spun around to find Elle just behind him. “Thales.”

    “Where is that? Europe?”

    He nodded and lifted his glass to drain the contents. He needed to distract her to get the necklace off her and destroyed. It would be nice if Val were here to help.

    Val was going to be saying ‘I told you so’ for a month once he discovered out Elle had the stone.

Chapter Six
    Elle knew something was wrong the moment he refused to answer her. “I shouldn’t have come,” she said as she sat down her wine glass and began to back up.

    “I need you to listen a moment, Elle. You could be in danger.”

    “Yes. From you.” She tried to run around him, but he caught her and held her back against his chest, his arm under her breasts.

    If it weren’t for the fact that she was scared witless she would have been turned on by the way he held her. It had been so long since a man had touched her that she wished he was normal. “Please let me go.”

    “Not until you agree to listen to me,”