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that be simpler than keeping me—rather,
trying
to keep me—penned up for a month?”
    “Aye. If I were an evil person. But I won’t be turned into a killer, even by the disgusting likes of you. So rest easy.”
    “And I suppose that you won’t explain how you managed to crash my New Year’s Eve party and carry me off without getting caught.”
    “I have a drop or two of fairy blood. I enchanted you and spirited you away. Don’t be surprised if the world seems different when I send you back from
Elf-hame
.”
    “Elf-hame?”
    “Elf home. The kingdom of the Good People.”
    She smiled at the dancing fire, and shivers ran up Douglas’s spine. He thought again of her power over his senses back in New York. He watched Sam, who lay near her on a hearth rug, looking content. Enchanted?
Get a grip on yourself, Kincaid
.
    “You’re the biggest fairy I’ve ever seen,” he noted, and made sure it didn’t sound like a compliment. “But then, with your height, you can carry so much extra weight.”
    She twisted to study him with stern eyes. “You didn’t seem to think I was too much for you back in New York.”
    “I was hoping for a one-night stand. You looked easy. Big and easy. Six feet of easy.”
    Even in the shadowy firelight he could see her face tighten. “I’m not too big for a
real
man,” she retorted. “Nor
easy
, you slobbering cretin. And I’m a perfectly respectable weight for my height.”
    “Oh? You must wear four-inch spikes when you step on the scales.”
    She smiled thinly and stabbed a poker into the fire. “It’s not wise to insult the person who’ll be bringing your meals to you. The
only
person who’ll look after you.”
    “Your co-conspirators wouldn’t want me starved, I’m sure.”
    “There’s only me, Douglas. It was a one-woman plot. I’m the self-appointed representative of the people who stand to lose if you take over Angus MacRoth’s holdings.”
    “Don’t waste your breath telling me a fairy tale. One person working alone couldn’t have circumvented my security people. They’re the best. In fact, they’re probably halfway to finding this little torture nest of yours already.
    “No one but my executive staff will ever know that I’m missing. You and your pals will be hunted down by experts who make government investigators look like Boy Scouts. You and everyone who helped you will end up in American prisons for the rest of your lives. If you’d like to know what’ll happen to you there, I’ll be glad to go into detail.”
    “Shush, Douglas, you’re sounding like a character in one of those silly gangster movies you watch all the time. ‘Come out with your hands up, or I’ll send Father O’Brien in to get you!’ Threaten all your want. It’s no difference to me. But there’s only me to hate. Maybe you’ll get tired of your ranting and speak to me as a gentleman would.”
    She stood, shot him a baleful look, then stretched languidly, as if taunting him. Under her bulky white sweater her breasts rose with magnificent effect.The flowing skirt clung to her tapering stomach and the proportioned flair of her hips. Douglas knew that many men must have told this woman how beautiful her curves were, and his petty insults hadn’t bothered her a bit.
    “Look, doll, if I’m going to be stuck with you for a while, at least make up a name. Otherwise I’ll make up my own. And I don’t think you’ll appreciate it.”
    “All right. Fair enough.” She clasped her hands behind her and rocked back and forth, thinking. After a minute she told, “Your Ladyship will do nicely.”
    Douglas growled in frustration. “Jumbo,” he announced, then nodded with satisfaction. “Jumbo. It’s perfect. Bring me some dinner, Jumbo. Waddle as fast as you can.”
    She glowered at him for a moment, then sighed. “Are you nearly starving, you poor man?”
    “I could eat. It’s been at least a day since I had anything, in case you’ve forgotten.”
    She went to the other room