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rejection would be a certainty.
    Learning about the lifestyle the Lamonts had chosen had shown Kat she had misinterpreted the scene she’d walked in on as abuse. But she’d also learned that true Dominants placed a lot of value on experience and compliance, two traits she was certain the Good Lord had failed to give her in any measure. There just wasn’t any way to make this work, she needed to get her head back on straight and figure out a way to move on as soon as possible. But first she’d have to find out exactly what measures they’d taken to insure her safety, because anything that had been put in place to keep others out would also keep her closed in.

Chapter 7

    Kat managed to deflect questions throughout dinner from not only Alex and Zach but also their Chief Snoop as she was starting to think of him, Colt Matthews. Cripes, the man was a kick-ass interrogator in a designer package. He was as tall as Alex and Zach, but his six-foot four-inch frame was broader, he reminded her of a very large refrigerator with monster feet and with an even bigger attitude. She suspected his apparent disdain toward her had more to do with her friendship with Jenna than it had to do with her; but that didn’t make dealing with him any more pleasant. And if he thought being a jerk was the way to get information from her, he was about as insightful as a refrigerator also.
    After dinner Alex took her hand and led her to his office. Zach, Colt, and several other members of their security team also moved into the room. There was also a much older man off to the side, she couldn’t remember his name, but she was fairly sure they’d mentioned the fact that he was not only a friend, but also their attorney. Looking around the room, Kat was impressed with the casual feel of elegance in the décor. When it had been their father’s office, it had been much more formal, but the soft leather furnishings and beautiful wildlife prints had softened the room’s appearance. It was obvious the office was used for a variety of purposes, because there was a long conference table at one end as well as a grouping of chairs facing a massive stone fireplace at the other end. Since the office was in the back corner of the house, two walls were entirely done in floor-to-ceiling glass; Kat knew the view would overlook the main entrance leading to the house and The Club, as well as giving them a partial view of the back gardens and pool area. Gonna be pretty difficult to fly under their damned radar in this place, welcome to Sing Sing West.
    Positioning her between them, Alex and Zach sat on the smaller of the sofas. Alex turned toward her. “Katarina, we need you to tell us who we are dealing with and what we’re up against.” Boy, directly to the point as always. Suddenly a picture from an old movie she’d watched as a kid flashed through her mind; she felt like the suspect sitting on a stool in a dark room with a light pointed directly at her face while she was questioned by the menacing shadowy figure pacing behind the light. While it might have just been a split second of distraction, she still fought the urge to shudder at the image; it was a little too much like the scene that had gotten her in to this damned mess. Her, bathed in a spotlight, surrounded by dark, with someone asking questions. Damn. Okay, so the whip was different, and oh yeah, the guy in the movie wasn’t wearing leathers, but…suddenly Kat realized she’d obviously taken a little mental side trip, uh oh.
    “Katarina?” Alex wondered where on earth she’d gone, he knew she had heard the question, but then it was if she had just completely blanked out for several seconds. PTSD? Definitely something he’d want to discuss with his brother and Colt.
    Glancing around the room at all the eyes trained on her, Kat took a deep breath and began. She started by explaining how she’d started her own web-design business so she could stay under the radar, so to speak, and how one of