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never to interfere in his business and the rest of you would do well to do the same. He’s not a man you want to tangle with.”
    “And neither was Henry but when it came to the Banks he still turned tail and ran from them, just like everyone else has. I don’t want to hurt Melissa but I won’t put my family at risk. Tell me where she is,” David said as he leaned forward in his chair.
    “If you tell them where she is, you know what they will do to her,” Killian said, “I won’t hand her over like some lamb to the slaughter.”
    “You care about her don’t you?” I said watching his expression soften as he thought about her.
    “She’s family,” he said simply.
    “And so are we,” David said, “so help me win against the Banks. Taylor is dead, all that’s left are his two sons. If we work together they’re not going to be a match for us all.”
    Killian shook his head and pushed up onto his feet.
    “I can’t do that, there’s nothing I can offer you. This fight is your problem David. Now I’m sorry Taylor threatened your wife and kids but really, what do you expect from someone like him? I’m not going to put my family or friends in the crosshairs for a bunch of strangers I don’t even know.”
    “You already are, but you’re too stupid and pig-headed to see it,” David said but there was no anger in his voice just pure resignation.
    Killian shrugged and smiled, “I’ll see myself out, Carrie, I can’t say it was a pleasure. Maybe if we’d met under circumstances that didn’t involve your husband trying to kill me things could have been different.”
    I didn’t answer him, there was no point. He’d obviously made up his mind. He knew all about Melissa, he knew where she was and he was going to continue to hide her. But why he wouldn’t help David to defeat the Banks was beyond me. It just didn’t make any sense.
    He didn’t seem like a stupid man and yet he was behaving ridiculously short sighted. How could he not see or understand that once Andy and Dominic were done with us, they would turn their attention to the other side of the Ashcroft family tree.
    But then, could I really blame him? If I was in his position would I really want to get involved in something that had nothing to do with me, that had never really affected my family before now? Would I want to take that risk?
    I already knew what the answer was but it didn’t make it any easier.
    Aaron shook his head and followed Killian from the room, leaving me with David.
    “He’s not going to try and use any of this against you,” I said, getting up from my seat and crossing the room to drop down beside David.
    “How can you be so certain?”
    “Because all he really wants is to get as far away as he can from you and me. He just doesn’t want to get involved in any of this,” I answered talking David’s hand into my own and stroking my fingers and down his skin.
    “Carrie, what am I supposed to do? I know where Andy and Dominic will be tomorrow night but how do I end any of this? If I don’t do as they ask…” he trailed off and wrapped his hand around mine. “I won’t lose you, I won’t risk that.”
    His words had a ring of finality to them and I pressed my hand to his face, forcing him to glance around at me. “What does that mean, what won’t you risk?” There was a note of panic in my voice that I couldn’t shake.
    “I’ll do what I must to protect you, Carrie, no matter what it takes. If I can’t convince Andy and Dominic to see sense then I’ll do what needs to be done.”
    “It won’t come to that, David, you’ll convince them, I know you will…” I wasn’t sure who I was trying to convince but David smiled and nodded but I couldn’t tell if he believed me or not.
    He moved in towards me, his lips gentle against mine, his kiss feather light but it quickly became more. Whimpering I pressed my body to his, we’d started something earlier, something that needed to be finished and I was done