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Hannah put her arm around Tala's waist and gave it a squeeze in sympathy. He must be dieing to say 'But Kai did it too!' but he remained silent as he left the room.

Once Tala was out of site he man turned back to Hannah. "So you must be Hannah, I'm Tala's father Daniel Valkov. Hannah shook the offer hand and nodded.

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Chapter 11

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Hannah sat silently across the large oak desk from Mr Valkov. The older man had summoned her to his office an hour earlier. Tala had dropped her off but had chosen not to stay and wait, she was to call him when the meeting had finished.

"What can I do for you Mr Valkov?" Hannah tried not to fidget as the mans' steady gaze bore into her.

"Do you understand what exactly is going on?" Mr Valkov asked, his gaze never wavering from where his rested on her.

Hannah wanted to run from the room and find a nice secluded place to hide away from Mr Valkov. "Not really."

"Hannah you are on the run from one of the most influential men in the world and my son and his friends have taken it upon themselves to protect you. Do you understand what they are putting on the line for you?" Hannah blinked, shifting in her seat her mind began to buzz, before now she hadn't grasped the situation fully, up until now she had thought that Voltaire was just another filthy rich man who got whatever he wanted.

"Sir, with all do respect I left. I went back because I knew that I was getting in the way, it was Kai who followed me and brought me back. I do understand that things between you and Kai's grandfather are not the best but I didn't think there was all that much danger involved with this situation. I understand if you want me to leave but you will have to explain to them where I am going and what the circumstances are because other wise they will come looking for me again." Well, Hannah felt like laughing, not out loud but the irony wasn't lost on her. She had gone back to where she had come from to make things easier for everyone and now here she was being berated like a small child for her actions which she though had been in everyone's best interests. It turns out that for all her troubles all she had gained were a few diplomatic skills.

"No, you are to stay here; it would only cause ill feeling if you were to go again. I just wanted you to fully grasp what is going on around you. With us you will be protected and safe and handing you back to the enemy does not suite my purpose." Mr Valkov stood from the table. "Good day Hannah, do not do anything that isn't cleared by my son or I first."

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"How did it go?" Tala had been waiting outside the door listening in to the conversation.

"Fine I think." Hannah was happy with the way things had turned out, she had held her own with a very powerful and influential man and the most important thing to her, she was allowed to stay.

"You know, my dad likes you." Tala smiled at Hannah, it was the first time he had had a proper conversation with her since Kai had brought her back and for once there wasn't the usual fluttering in his stomach.

"Tala are you alright?" Hannah asked, looking up into Tala's face she saw a dazed look cross his handsome face.

There was no response.

"Tala?" Hannah spoke a little louder which even to her ears sounded loud given that in the past months she had been commanded to talk in nothing more than a whisper.

Tala blinked several times as the dazed look cleared from his beautiful blue eyes. "What did you say?"

Hannah's voice returned to its customary whisper. "I asked if you were alright." She repeated herself again.

"Yes I'm fine, why wouldn't I be? I'm great infact." With that Tala walked away marvelling in his own epiphany. Hannah stared after him wondering what was going on behind Tala's cool façade.

"You know what?" Tala stopped walking and turned to look at her. "Fine, I don't even know why I try with you sometimes." Hannah stepped past Tala heading towards where she guessed he had parked his car, Tala just shrugged and followed, lost in his own little world.

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Hannah flopped down on the bed oblivious to the face that Kai was in the room. God what was going on with Tala, he knew her choice so why did he insist on forcing the matter with her when ever they were alone. Well he hadn't exactly forced the issue with her this time but she could see it was there. Well he was going to have to get over it, she was sick of crumbling to other peoples wishes or requests or being forced to do what people wanted her to. This was her life and she was going to start living it the way she wanted to.

"Are you alright?" Hannah jumped at Kai's voice. Looking up she smiled. "Yeah I think I am." Kai sat down on the bed beside her.

"And what brought this on?" Kai flopped back beside her so that they were both now laying down. "To be honest it was Tala, I'm sick of the pressure he keeps putting on me. He doesn't even have to talk it's the way he looks at me sometimes, like in some way he is disappointed in me, so I say screw him, I've had enough. It's my life and I have dreams so I'm going to live them."

"Good for you. So do you want to tell me any of these dreams so I can help?" Kai rolled onto his side to look at her. Her hair was fanned out around her face; it was healthy and shiny, all in all a very angelic site. That idea made Kai want to laugh but he satisfied his amusement with a smirk, he very seldom actually laughed out loud. "You know what, I think you can." Hannah rolled onto her side facing Kai before pushing him back, straddling his hips she leaned forward and kissed him. "You are one of my dreams." Then she kissed him again. Kai slid his hands up the side of Hannah's shirt, he felt her shiver under his touch, Kai knew he was hot or sexy or whatever people called him but having Hannah react to him was a huge ego boost. He was half way through unbuttoning Hannah shirt when she pulled away. "What wrong, did I hurt you?" Kai looked worried. Hannah smiled as she pushed away from him. "One moment." Hannah crossed the room and locked the door. "I just don't want to be disturbers." Hannah got back onto the bed and made quick work of Kai's shirt. She sat back admiring him, this was one hot guy, then something caught her attention, Kai had a new tattoo, a band of barbed wire wrapped it way around his right bicep. "See something you like?" Kai asked looking up at her as he reached up and undid the remaining buttons on her shirt. "Would I be here if I didn't?" He looked at her levelly before pulling her towards him. Hannah put her hands down on the mattress so she couldn't be pulled further towards Kai. "What the hell was that for? I'm not a whore Kai." Hannah got off the bed before grabbing her shirt, she pulled it on and began to fumble with the buttons.

"Hannah I didn't mean it like that." Kai was now sitting up, he reached out towards her but she pulled away, Kai let his arm fall to his side. "You know what, it's fine. If you want us to work however," she paused to watch his face and to emphasize her point. "You are going to have to start seeing me in a different light to the way your grandfather views me. Ha, maybe I would have been better off with Tala." Hannah was at the door by now. "Hannah wait! Look I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that." Kai was standing now.

"Yes you did." And then she was gone, closing the door -silently behind her.

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