"And if you really are this Anna, then I have a claim on your life." Like hell you do!" shot the prince Iordan, rising to his feet against his father'... heavy hand."My son," said Iosoan, "that's no way to talk to your uncle." And he pushed the prince back down into the chair. "Take a hint from your sister."The princess Jaide smiled from where she sat, said nothing."Uncle or not," said Iordan, "if you lay a hand on her..." Boys!" Anna shouted again, still laughing. "Settle down! Thank you,. "No," he asked, and threw down the copy of Evie's contract. "How aboutunlawful contracts for a start, Ms. Teales?"And you should know, we've already dragged in Bill Dalton, aka BilleeDee, and he's singing like a canary. Quite the racket you had goinghere," he said curtly as he dropped a spread sheet on top of thecontract."Even if the courts don't nail you for illegal vice and socialviolations, I can guarantee the treasury is going to very interested inyour offshore accounts where your. .. out of the corner of my eye ... I looked again but he was gone and I didn't notice him again.Finally, celebrated and feted to a fare thee well, we pulled out of the minuscule Marina and motored out to deeper water. Grace was sobbing into my chest until the people on the dock were a dot against the background of the shore.She pulled away from me, dry eyed, grinned and said, "I didn't think we'd ever get away!"Piper was almost four and the kittens were two. They settled right in and slept.Far. "You don't need to know how you got here. What you do need to know iswhat's going to happen to you both now, in the near future and for therest of your life. I thought of having you killed but what I have in mindwill prolong your extreme suffering for a very long time. So much betterto prolong your agony rather than snuff your life in a single fellstroke." Stephen laughed wickedly at what he'd said.After I've outlined what's going to happen to you I'm going to give youtwo injections in your.