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widen. Eric had been in a coma for the past nine months. The
smile that started to cross her face fell when she looked into Barry’s eyes.
“He’s going to be fine,” she said softly.
    A
frown crossed his face as he caressed her cheek. “Yeah, but that’s not going to
change anything between us, is it?” he asked lowly. When she lowered her head,
he moved closer to her. “Lily?”
    She
closed her eyes tightly as her confession spilled from her lips. “I’ve never
had a boyfriend, Barry.” In his shocked silence, she pushed her hair back away
from her face. “I can be with thousands of people, but I have never once had a
real relationship.” She shot to her feet and started to pace again. “And that’s
what I want.”
    He
leaned back and watched her. “You want a real relationship?” he questioned.
    “I
want to go on dates. I want to have a door opened for me. I want flowers and
picnics, and all the crap that Lacey’s books say that are supposed to happen.”
Her shoulders fell as she looked out of the widow of her apartment. “I want to
be able to say “he’s my boyfriend” in public.” A frown crossed her face as she
spotted Jimmy’s car pulling up to her building. “But you’re not someone that
could give me that,” she said quietly.
    Barry
frowned deeply as he thought about her words. “What do you mean?” he asked
lowly.
    She
shook her head. “I don’t want to fight with you Barry,” she said in a tired
voice. “I want to settle down, you don’t. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. We
just want different things.”
    “Where’s
your coat, Chica ?” The door to the apartment sprang
open to reveal Sloane adjusting the collar to his own coat. “Eric’s waking up
and you’re going to be there!” he announced as he walked in. He froze when he
saw Barry sitting on her sofa. “Am I interrupting?” he asked lowly.
    Lily
shook her head as she went over to where she left her and Barry’s coats. Ever
since the night she spent with Barry, she knew Sloane wouldn’t like him hanging
around her. “No,” she said quickly. When Sloane looked at her, she pasted a smile
on her face. “No, Barry was just helping me move a few things around.”
    Barry
pressed his lips together for a moment. He looked at Sloane and faked a smile
of his own. “Yeah, Lily and I were just talking about what we want in life.”
    Sloane’s
eyebrow arched. “Really? I’m sure Lily told you she
wanted a family. A husband that would love her and not just try to jump her
bones whenever he wanted.”
    “Not
in so many words, but yeah.” Barry slid his own coat on and watched as she
grabbed her purse from the front closet.
    “So
you’ll understand when your games don’t work?”
    Barry
looked into Sloane’s eyes and for the first time since they were teenagers,
wanted to hit him. “And you’ll understand if I ignore you and take my
girlfriend to see my brother,” he said before stepping around him and offering
his hand to Lily.
    Jade
eyes were wide as she looked at his outstretched hand. “Barry,” she started.
Her voice trailed when he stepped closer to her.
    “I
can’t promise you a happily ever after,” he said in a whisper. “But I will try.
Give me that chance, Baby.”
    Lily
looked at his hand for a long moment. Her heart was screaming at her to take
the chance with him. Her head was filled with warnings from everyone in his
family to be careful when dealing with him. She raised her eyes to his face and
saw the honesty in his eyes. He wasn’t trying to just get into her bed again.
This time he wanted to get to know her. And that was something she could not
pass up. “Okay.”

Chapter 6

 
 
    Crispin
sat in his study quietly examining the security tapes from the hospital. It was
easy to recognize the woman that took Madison. He dealt with the King of the
Fae enough times to know exactly who his niece was. The lovely Siobhan had to
be Conquest. Which meant at least two seals were in enemy’s