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his arms around Dylan and pulled her close. “Donald and Marco,”
he whispered against her neck. “And Alex.”
    She
returned his embrace. “He might be with the boys,” she told him. When troubled
eyes looked at her, she pressed a kiss to his lips. “If he agrees, then fine.
If not, Jessica and Ryan?” A soft smile crossed her face when he slowly nodded.
She kissed him again and this time savored the feeling of his hands caressing
her though her clothes. “Nothing is going to happen to me,” she said softly.
    Crispin
pulled away from Dylan and looked at her with haunted eyes. He slowly reached
out and brushed his fingers along her jaw. “My mother said the same thing,” he
whispered before leaving the study.
    * *
* * *
    Barry
sat in the hospital waiting room with Lily. The doctors were running tests on
Eric, who was still showing signs of waking up. Sloane had taken a quick trip
to get coffee while Jimmy went to make a few more calls. Barry looked at Lily
and gently rubbed his thumb along her knuckles. “Penny for
your thoughts.”
    She
smiled as she glanced at him. With everything going on with Madison’s
disappearance, something inside of her was at ease with Barry. “I’m thinking
about what my father could have left in his things.” She moved around in her seat
and turned towards him fully. “I know he kept track of some of his visions. So
maybe he knew where to find those seven seals.”
    Barry
nodded slowly. “That’s a thought. After we make sure everything is good with
Eric, we can swing by your apartment and pick them up en route.”
    Her
smile fell. “En route to where?” she questioned. When he gave her a dark look,
she had her answer. “I am not leaving my home.”
    A
sigh escaped him as he ran his hand over his hair. “I don’t want you to get
upset, Baby,” he said softly. When her eyebrow arched, he continued. “Since
you’re supposed to be one of the Horsemen, your place isn’t safe. They could
come and snatch you up pretty much like they did Madison.” His eyes glanced at
the door and saw his mother walking into the room with Jimmy and their father
on her heals. “I’m just saying we should find someplace safe for you to stay.”
    “You
mean like your place?” she mocked.
    Barry
shook his head. He wouldn’t fall into that trap. “No. To be completely honest
with you, my place isn’t that secure either.” He watched his mother and noted
the way she fingered one of her many gemstones. “I have a few favors to call
in. I can get you a nice place to stay that Madison would never think of
looking for you.”
    Lily
looked at Barry and sighed. “If you insist on me not staying in my apartment, I
can go to my father’s penthouse,” she said lowly. She shrugged as she turned to
Tina. “Most people didn’t know that he was having an affair with the Panther
Alpha, Luna.” When Tina’s face showed no reaction, Lily’s eyes narrowed
slightly. “You knew?” she questioned.
    Tina
moved away from the window as she ignored the question. It would do none of
them any good if they spent the afternoon gossiping about the dead. “How is
your research going?” she asked moving to sit next to Barry.
    “It’s
going slow, Mom,” Barry admitted. “Mathias left a lot of journals for us to
look through.”
    She
nodded as she turned her attention to her husband. “Did you have that team come
in?” she questioned.
    James
nodded as he moved to sit near his wife. “They’ll be able to stand guard if
none of us are here.” He then looked over to Lily and Barry. “We’re going to
have to set up some sort of protection detail for you as well, Lily.”
    Lily
glanced at Barry. She didn’t want to seem ungrateful, but it seemed that Barry
wasn’t the only Maxwell male she would have to explain herself to. “I was just
telling Barry that my father owned the penthouse of the Majestic hotel down in
the National Harbor. I haven’t had the heart to sell it.” Her eyes turned to
Tina and