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Long days under house arrest left her angry, disappointed, and dissatisfied. The attack on the beach had put the entire house under a pall of dark anticipation. This trip was not the beach vacation their locale might suggest.
She came to a halt just inside her room. Daniel stood at the far end, his back to her. She knew he knew she was there by the tightening around his shoulders, though he didn’t turn to acknowledge her.
This annoyed her. He was in her room. That he was there, without warning, put her more on edge. No one had even told her he wasn’t still held as a prisoner, that he was still on the island.
When her Shadows didn’t rush the intruder, Dee took that to mean they’d known he was here, or at least, that he wasn’t supposed to be locked up somewhere.
Her and Hamal were lo
