" No, I don't think so," she said in Human speech. "I strongly suggest you and your men go out the door and leave the Faydark. If I hear of your littl... band again, I will take the time to hunt you down and kill you. Now be gone you stupid human man, you are interrupting a quiet and what was a pleasant evening"The leader snorted in derision, "Hear that boys, this one little girl thinks she can tell us what to do. Gustuve, teach her manners will you." Sure thing boss, can I keep her afterwards?. I realized in some part of my mind that the danger was past, whatever it was. "Cleo needs help."Dean left the door open and went to grab his shoes. "Stop she's ok What's happened?"I shook my head. Then nodded. Then shook my head."Hm. Right." Dean had the nerve to smile."She's been beaten or raped or both I dunno, I can't get her to talk. But she's walking."Dean took a hold of my shoulders and asked a few pointed questions. I silently cursed that I was still so out of shape to be. “Devon? Oh, my goodness, well, look how tall and handsome you’ve become.”Devon beamed, “Thank you, Mrs. Wilde. You’re very kind. Would you like to dance?”He touched her hand, and she felt a spark of something she couldn’t quite identify. It created a chain reaction that made her go damp. She started to refuse, but he looked her in the eyes, and she found herself saying, “Yes, I’d like that.”Once they were on the dance floor, Devon’s charm gave way to lust, “I’ve been watching you all night,. She walked as quickly as possible to her car. When she reached for the door handle the solitaire diamond ring glinted in the street light. Lexi could feel the backs of her eyes burning with unshed tears as another chip of her heart broke off. She quickly got in the car before any of the tears dropped. Once in the car she sobbed like the world was ending. After about 15 minutes Lexi came to a decision. Her heart was already broken and she needed to survive this. The only way to do this was to.