Lorena put on her only sexy robe, then pulled it off and simply wrapped a bath towel around her body. She could always scoot out in a hurry, if things...didn't work out, but she closed off her mind to that possibility. It was going to be all right, she just knew that.But her knees were shaking when she softly turned the knob of his door and let herself into the totally dark room. Standing still, trying to adjust to the deep blackness inside, Lorena's nostrils flared at the subtle odors of. Her right hand almost casually slapped the knife-wielding wrist, sending the weapon flying, and the U-shaped edge between her left thumb and forefinger chunked solidly into the former spook's defenseless throat, crushing his larynx.Donald Patterson had just enough time to realize he was being killed by a woman before his heart burst under the onslaught of a series of punches to the chest."You always did underestimate me, Donald," Stephanie told the dying man as she stepped back and let the body. I noticed also that Ally seemed to beshooting pictures of me instead of Margot.I was not used to having the subject of my interview take control of theinterview in this way or being photographed..I had planned to call Margot "he" and "him" to try to unsettle her butshe already made clear that she was setting the rules."Jamie, in your vanilla world you are Jamie and I am Lionel Jones andthere are no other possibilities, but as your quivering lips may havealready told you, we are not in Kansas. It wasn't the first time he'd woken up with her wrapped around him, but there was something different. Had they broken in? He held his breath, listening. No, there were no sounds other than the steady breathing of the others. Wait ... there was something else, a deep growl, very faint, like ... almost like a truck. Then it was gone, and there was only the sound of the wind blowing the snow around outside.Had he imagined it? He probably had, he wanted so badly for someone to come, but Valerie.