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pouting lower lip. “That’s completely untrue. And I don’t believe you know anything at all about Uncle Daniel.”
“I know he’s not the man you think he is.”
“Neither are you.” She narrowed her eyes. “Release me.”
No way. Not until… When? When she’d believe him just because of the awesome sex? Because she’d fallen for him as hard as he had for her?
Cam knew there was magic in the world but he didn’t believe in miracles. He had to try nonetheless.
“I’m exactly who I told you I was. My name is Camillus de Feo. I am a security expert with my own company. I have a mother, father and three brothers. Yes, I set out to seduce you last night so that I could get you back here.” He didn’t tell her he’d hoped to use her as bait. She didn’t need to know that now.
He took a breath, watching her expression for any sign of what she was thinking, but her glare was arctic cold. “I planned on taking you to bed, seducing you. But I never expected it to be…” Mind-blowing, life-changing . “To affect me like it did. And Stella, make no mistake, last night was amazing.”
There, that got a response but not the one he’d hoped for. She blinked and her eyes got damp. Gods be damned, he was screwing this up completely and now he’d made her cry.
“I don’t want to hurt you, Stella, but I’m afraid your uncle will hurt you if you go to him with questions.”
She shook her head. “My uncle would never hurt me. You don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.”
Okay, this line of attack was getting him nowhere. He was going to have to play his only trump card and hope it wouldn’t send her over the edge. But he needed to convince her Daniel Bonnini was not the man she thought he was.
“Stella, have you ever questioned how your parents died?”
Without warning, she tore away from his hands and backed away, keeping her gaze on his as if he were a rabid dog.
“We’re finished here, Mr. de Feo. Don’t attempt to contact me again.”
With that, she disappeared.
Chapter Five
Holy shit.
Mouth hanging open, Cam stared at the spot Stella had been standing just a second ago.
Holy fuck, she did have power.
How could he have missed that? What exactly could she do? And where the hell had she gone?
“Son of a bitch, I’m an idiot.”
Was she linchetti like him? Sometimes it was hard for like to tell like, though Cam had never been fooled before. Her ears weren’t pointed but maybe they’d been surgically altered.
She definitely was not Mal . He knew it as surely as he knew she was his. He’d seen into her soul last night and there had been no blackness there. But how the hell he hadn’t detected the arus , the magic in her blood, well, that was a definite problem.
Right now, though, no matter what she was, he had to find her.
If she went to her uncle… Fear sank into his gut at the thought of what Daniel Bonnini might do to her if he discovered she’d slept with him. Bonnini might not know who he was but he’d be able to figure it out soon enough.
Then she’d be in danger. And that meant he needed to find her. Fast.
Upstairs, he grabbed the pillow she’d slept on and searched for and found a few blonde hairs. Then he ran back downstairs to the concealed door at the back of his house leading to his altar room. Bypassing the stone altar in the northwest corner, he dropped to his knees in front of the moon bowl he kept charged and prepared in the east corner.
Of the four brothers, Cam was the only one who used the old tools of the craft on a regular basis.
Nino had never been interested enough to learn, Rio’s gifts lay in other areas and Teo… Well, Teo had abandoned the old ways when they’d failed him.
Laying the hair on the surface of the water, he chanted the location spell and watched the liquid give up Stella’s secrets.
Then he picked up the phone.
He’d expected to have to leave a message—Rio rarely answered the phone on the weekend—but he
“I know he’s not the man you think he is.”
“Neither are you.” She narrowed her eyes. “Release me.”
No way. Not until… When? When she’d believe him just because of the awesome sex? Because she’d fallen for him as hard as he had for her?
Cam knew there was magic in the world but he didn’t believe in miracles. He had to try nonetheless.
“I’m exactly who I told you I was. My name is Camillus de Feo. I am a security expert with my own company. I have a mother, father and three brothers. Yes, I set out to seduce you last night so that I could get you back here.” He didn’t tell her he’d hoped to use her as bait. She didn’t need to know that now.
He took a breath, watching her expression for any sign of what she was thinking, but her glare was arctic cold. “I planned on taking you to bed, seducing you. But I never expected it to be…” Mind-blowing, life-changing . “To affect me like it did. And Stella, make no mistake, last night was amazing.”
There, that got a response but not the one he’d hoped for. She blinked and her eyes got damp. Gods be damned, he was screwing this up completely and now he’d made her cry.
“I don’t want to hurt you, Stella, but I’m afraid your uncle will hurt you if you go to him with questions.”
She shook her head. “My uncle would never hurt me. You don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.”
Okay, this line of attack was getting him nowhere. He was going to have to play his only trump card and hope it wouldn’t send her over the edge. But he needed to convince her Daniel Bonnini was not the man she thought he was.
“Stella, have you ever questioned how your parents died?”
Without warning, she tore away from his hands and backed away, keeping her gaze on his as if he were a rabid dog.
“We’re finished here, Mr. de Feo. Don’t attempt to contact me again.”
With that, she disappeared.
Chapter Five
Holy shit.
Mouth hanging open, Cam stared at the spot Stella had been standing just a second ago.
Holy fuck, she did have power.
How could he have missed that? What exactly could she do? And where the hell had she gone?
“Son of a bitch, I’m an idiot.”
Was she linchetti like him? Sometimes it was hard for like to tell like, though Cam had never been fooled before. Her ears weren’t pointed but maybe they’d been surgically altered.
She definitely was not Mal . He knew it as surely as he knew she was his. He’d seen into her soul last night and there had been no blackness there. But how the hell he hadn’t detected the arus , the magic in her blood, well, that was a definite problem.
Right now, though, no matter what she was, he had to find her.
If she went to her uncle… Fear sank into his gut at the thought of what Daniel Bonnini might do to her if he discovered she’d slept with him. Bonnini might not know who he was but he’d be able to figure it out soon enough.
Then she’d be in danger. And that meant he needed to find her. Fast.
Upstairs, he grabbed the pillow she’d slept on and searched for and found a few blonde hairs. Then he ran back downstairs to the concealed door at the back of his house leading to his altar room. Bypassing the stone altar in the northwest corner, he dropped to his knees in front of the moon bowl he kept charged and prepared in the east corner.
Of the four brothers, Cam was the only one who used the old tools of the craft on a regular basis.
Nino had never been interested enough to learn, Rio’s gifts lay in other areas and Teo… Well, Teo had abandoned the old ways when they’d failed him.
Laying the hair on the surface of the water, he chanted the location spell and watched the liquid give up Stella’s secrets.
Then he picked up the phone.
He’d expected to have to leave a message—Rio rarely answered the phone on the weekend—but he
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