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corner of my eye, I saw Will reach out his hand and place it on his arm. I turned my back to them, blocking Aloura’s view of anyone but me.
    “Did he scare you?” I repeated. I watched as her eyes danced around, searching for the lie.
    “Yes.” She all but whispered, but I caught it. Good girl.
    “No one should ever live in fear. You should be able to live your life freely, openly, and without having to worry who may be following in the shadows.”
    Aloura opened her mouth to object, but I interrupted.
    “He broke into your home and invaded your space. That is not okay. He frightened you; I can see it in your eyes, Aloura.” When my lips uttered her name, I could have sworn she shivered. She wrapped her arms around herself. “I swear to you, I will not mess with your life. If you want to go out, we go out. You want to visit with friends, boyfriend, whatever, do that. But I will be nearby at all times.” Her brown eyes glazed with tears, but she bobbed her head in agreement. I stared at her a few more moments, injecting her purity into my mind.
    I turned to my brother and her father as they waited by the door.
    “The security system will take around twenty-four hours to be fully installed and operational. I’ll need cameras outside and sensors inside the house. Who controls the main gate?”
    “Er...we do. The panel is by the front door,” Graham answered.
    “And who has access to the grounds? Will said you have extensive land around here.”
    “We have over a hundred acres in total. But It has a ten foot wall around the perimeter of the main gardens.”
    “Exits? Is the main gate the only way in?” I asked.
    “Yes.”
    “Who has access?”
    “Erm...me, my partner, Aloura obviously. Sally, her mother and Harry, my partner’s son.” He shook his head, blinking. “We have a few grounds men and a housekeeper. “
    “I’ll need the names of every single person that has admission to the house and grounds without having to check in at the gate.”
    He opened his mouth and then closed it, nodding.
    I spun to face Aloura. “What is your daily routine?”
    She stepped back, as if I was invading her space. “Before I moved in here?”
    “What do you mean? Where do you normally live?”
    She lifted her hand to point towards Will and Graham. “Dad had the stables in the west pasture converted into a house for me. I usually live there. But after...well after everything, he said I should live here.” As she uttered the last part, her eyes downcast and her shoulders slumped.
    “How many rooms in your house?”
    “Huh?”
    “In your house...how many rooms are there?”
    She pondered my question a moment before answering. “Seven.”
    “Do you want to stay here or there?” I asked, staring at her. Her eyes lifted to mine, an excited brightness lighting them, and a small shy smile curved her ruby lips.
    “Hold on a minute,” her dad interrupted. Aloura’s gaze snapped to him before she stared over at the piano. I turned to face her father.
    “Doctor Cavendish, I understand you want what’s best for your daughter. But she is twenty...” I glanced behind him at Will who held up six fingers. “Six. Just because some nut-job broke into her home to punish you, doesn’t mean she should be punished. If she wants to return to her home then I need to know this so I can put security measures over there too. We need to let her live her life without interruption.”
    “I think you should stop telling me what is best for my daughter.”
    “Dad.”
    “She isn’t safe in her house.”
    “She isn’t safe anywhere, in all fairness. That’s why I am here, isn’t it? If this guy is capable of getting onto the grounds, bypassing this house to get to hers, then he is capable of breaking in here.”
    Graham’s face paled, and he glanced at Aloura.
    “I’m not trying to be an asshole, sir. I’m simply trying to do what you paid me to do. Seventeen rooms in one house is a lot to contain. Her house will be easier