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she lived through the embarrassment, it would be a miracle. Maybe she
could put in for a transfer to a different school in the fall…
    Soft whispers blew
over the sand dunes. The voices were masculine and familiar, but too quiet to
make out any words. Who would be out here at this time of night? She wiped the
tears from her face with the back of her hand and stood.
    Hannah briefly
considered going back to the party, but she didn’t really want to be around
people. Besides, there was something about the voices that called to her. She
followed the whispers over the dunes as her curiosity grew.
    “Did you find
her?”
    Hannah stopped
walking as she recognized Declan’s voice.
    “No. I looked
everywhere.”
    Quinn. Hannah knelt down behind the dune and angled herself until both men came into
view. The setting sun cast a red-orange halo around them both, creating a
beautiful, romantic picture.
    “Damn Greg.” Quinn
fisted his hands. “He’s such an ass.”
    “I never liked
him,” Declan agreed. “Now he’s scared off Hannah and I’m not sure if we’ll ever
find her.”
    Hannah stared at
the men. They were looking for her?
    “I’d love to punch
his face in.” The normally jovial Quinn slammed his fist in his palm.
    “Come now, you
know violence isn’t the answer.” Declan sighed. “I just wish I knew if Hannah
was all right.”
    “You don’t believe
that she had sex with Greg, do you?”
    “I don’t think
anyone believes him. He’s an ass, remember?”
    Quinn shook his
head. “I’m worried about her.”
    “Me too.”
    “If only we
weren’t running late. We could have stopped it.”
    Hannah stood and
was about to reveal herself when she saw Declan reach out for Quinn. She
hunched back down behind a sand dune and watched as Declan wrapped his arms
around Quinn’s shoulders. The act was gentle and affectionate. Soothing. It
seemed almost as if he was consoling a lover.
    Desire sparked in
her lower abdomen. She imagined herself between the two men, their hard, naked
bodies pressed up against her like in one of her erotic novels. She had never
participated in a three-way, but she guessed that with Declan and Quinn it
would be so much more intimate than what she had read about, more intense. To
be surrounded by all of that warm skin, to feel their hands and lips on her
body, would be like a dream come true.
    “Don’t worry,
we’ll find her.” Declan hooked his finger under Quinn’s chin and raised his
head to meet his gaze. Then he closed the distance between them and covered his
lips.
    They were…kissing?
Hannah gasped and put her hand over her mouth. They were lovers? A hollowness
formed in the pit of her stomach. She was such a fool to think that they’d be
interested in her. Damn Becky for putting the thought in her head. Declan and
Quinn were lovers—lovers! Tears once again stung her eyes and a sob escaped her
throat.
    Declan broke the
kiss and pulled back from Quinn. “Did you hear that?”
    Quinn stepped out
of his lover’s embrace. “There’s someone here.”
    Hannah stood and
turned to go.
    “Wait—don’t
leave.” Quinn’s voice rose up from the dunes.
    Hannah closed her
eyes. Could this evening get any worse? She couldn’t run away now. She’d have
to talk to them. Hannah decided she’d be curt and quick, then get out of there
and go home as soon as possible.
    Hannah had let
Becky give her hope for something more than a life of seclusion, and now she
was paying the price. Hannah was better off with her cat and her erotic novels.
    It was best to get
this over with as quickly as possible. Slowly she turned around.
    Both men started
moving toward her.
    “Hannah,” Declan
was faster than Quinn and reached her first. “My God, we were worried about
you.”
    “Were you?” Hannah
looked from Declan to Quinn. “Just now you were kissing. You couldn’t have been
that worried.” Hannah winced at the men’s stunned expressions and immediately
regretted her words. She held up