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out names. That
was Sapphire’s idea. She said that no matter what, we were to never sign
anything coming from him. That included.” He laughed when he read the names
they’d scrawled across the document. He’d bet anything that Sadie Earholder was
Sapphire.
    “When we were being shown off Grandmother
was tied to a tree. They’d stripped her down as well and blindfolded her.
Anyone walking by her could and did grab at her. I think that was what sent
Sapphire over the edge.” She started pacing again as she continued and Blair
had a feeling she was no longer in the room with him but back in the field.
    “She killed three men before anyone knew
she was there. I watched her take out one of them but said nothing to the
others. I didn’t want them to give her away. When the fourth man suddenly
disappeared, I knew that it was only a matter of time before she went after Jeffery.
He was just taking off his pants to rape…to rape me when she attacked him.” She
looked out the window as the rain streamed down the glass. “She never gave him
the chance to shift before she tore at him. Blood splattered over us as she
tried to kill him. Two of his men attacked her then, and another tried to use
me as a shield. It wasn’t until his head landed at my feet that I realized that
she’d killed him. His body dropped from mine just as I heard her scream. I took
the keys from the dead man and unlocked the others and took them to safety. Grandmother
was bleeding pretty badly by then, but it was mostly from the sticks they’d
used and not the other wolves.”
    “His wounds that he inflicted on her won’t
heal. That’s why she still hurts so much.” Diamond nodded at him. “I forgot
about that until just now. Until she takes a mate, or another alpha seals the
wounds, she’ll never heal. It’s a sign that the male of her pack has hurt her.”
    “He’ll come for her. I’m surprised that
he’s not been here already. He, like you, won’t simply give up.” He wanted to
tell her he wasn’t like the other alpha again, but in this he knew she was
correct. “When he gets here, she’ll die. And it will be partly your fault.”
    He wanted to deny it, wanted to tell her
she was wrong, but he knew she wasn’t. He looked up at her as she stood staring
out the window and thought she’d come here more than just to tell him what a
fucking bastard he was, but for something else.
    “What do you want me to do? Back off?
I’m trying to do that, but you should know that I’m having a hard time doing
that. I don’t want her. She’ll never fit into the mold I have in my mind for a
mate, and I like my life the way it is. And she and I would never suit as a
couple.” He didn’t tell her that all he wanted from her was a quick lay and
he’d be satisfied. He wasn’t even sure that would work anymore. No matter how
many times he jerked off, he still wanted to find her and take her hard against
the closest hard surface he could find.
    Diamond nodded and moved to the door
without answering him. He started to go after her to…he wasn’t sure what, but
he knew she’d washed her hands of him. When she was at the door, she stopped
and turned to look at him once more.
    “He’ll kill her when he comes. I’m not
telling you this to make you do anything you don’t want. I’m telling you so
that when it happens, and it will, you’ll know that we’ll leave here and never
darken your door again. We’ll…we’ll move on as you will now. And I promise you,
as much as I’d like to believe otherwise, no one will ever blame you.”
    She was gone for a full five minutes
before he could move. Diamond had found him lacking. He had no idea why that
hurt so much, but it did. He moved to Justine’s desk and barely saw her until
she was standing in front of him.
    “What’s happened?” Blair stared at her
until she hit him in the face. “Snap out of it and tell me what’s happened to
Sapphire? Is she hurt? And if so, how badly?”
    He looked