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.My smile frayed a bit around the edges, but gamely I held on to it.I'd be damned if I lether drag me into another scene.Once she realized she wouldn't get a response from me, I was sure she'dleave."You think you are safe from me, but you are not.Dominic's protection of you will be withdrawn assoon as he has seen you as I have, and as for the other you attempt to arouse" she tossed her head andsnapped her fingers "he is nothing, a stupid man hired to keep people like you away from us.""Whatever," I pretended to yawn as Roxy dashed up to us, Christian on her heels."Much as Iappreciate you painting me as some sort offemme fatalebent on seducing every man she sees, the truth isI'm not trying to arouse anyone.I'm just here to see the fair with my friends.""Yeah," Roxy confirmed."We're just here to see the fair, not arouse anyone, although that's not entirelyout of the question if it was the right person.""You're not helping matters," I hissed to her."If you'll excuse us, Tanya, we'll just be on our merry way.""You push and push your way to his attention," she snarled at me, stepping to the side to block my exit,"but this I tell you none of your tricks will work.I will cast a protection spell for Dominic to keep himsafe from you."Fine.She wanted to snap and snarl,she could do it by herself."Have fun at the dungeon, did you?" I ignored the furious woman in front of me to ask Roxy. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"Loads.Christian wanted to buy some fur-lined handcuffs, but I told him that was just gross.""The handcuffs?""The fur."I looked at Christian with speculation in my eye.He gave me one of his warm smiles in return."I thoughtit might add an unexpected depth to certain experiences."Who would have thought? I was about to mull on the deep waters that stirred Christian, but it wasbrought to my attention that Tanya didn't like being ignored."You will not turn away from me! You will not brush me off like the stinging bee!" She gave me a shovein my shoulder as she spoke.Roxy whistled low and grabbed my arm.I bit back the desire to kickTanya in the shins, determined not to let her get to me."I will speak and you will listen.Your plan to push yourself into the fair as a reader of the rune stones willfail.You do not have the skill, no matter how big you make yourself appear."I frowned over that puzzling sentence until I shrugged it off, figuring that not only was Tanya obsessedwith Dominic and paranoid about me having whatever plan she was convinced I was plotting, she alsowas losing her grasp on English the angrier she became."You are nothing, you are insignificant to Dominic! You will not succeed."I tried to walk away, I really did.I smiled, said, "You're repeating yourself.It's been lovely talkingto you,Tanya, really it has, and don't let anyone convince you otherwise," and took Roxy by the arm and tried towalk away, but Tanya wouldn't let me."Salope!" she sneered after me, proving that if nothing else, she had an excellent grasp of gutter French."Crawl away, that is good.Your weak attempt to bring yourself to Dominic's attention has failed, for youhave no talent for divination.Dominic seeks only those who havetrueabilities, not poseurs.Go back toyour hotel and remember who has been victorious this night.""Poseur?That's a bit ironic coming from you," I said slowly, turning back to Tanya.Roxy shouldered measide, her eyes raging with indignation on my behalf.I grabbed the back of her jacket to keep her fromtangling with the larger, meaner woman, but she just pulled away."Are you implying that my friend is making a play for Dominic? You're dead wrong, sister, if you are.She thinks he's a creep, a big old creep.And you know what? So doI ! So you can just putthatin yourpipe and smoke it!""Roxy, stop.Don't lower yourself to her level.""You are just as bad as she is," Tanya snapped at Roxy, her hands fisted."You seek the favor ofDominic's eye as well, but you will not have it either.I will cast a spell against you both!"Roxy made a disgusted noise and deliberately misunderstood Tanya."As if I wanted his eye! You'renutso, lady, you know that? And another thing don'tcall my friend a poseur.She's very good at readingrune stones, something I'm willing to bet you can't do.If you didn't have your head stuck so far up your Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlbutt, you'd be down on your knees begging her to help you guys out.""Roxy," I said uneasily
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