Martin’s eyes seemed about to pop out of his head. “You’re burning up. It was a moment or two before Gerald realised that he could feel the fluttering of her pulse beneath the light touch he had on her wrist, and that her fingers were trembling in his. It was a face that matched her body, so pure and beautiful that any man would have killed for her. ” He said jealously. “I do wish you and your father could come to some agreement. "You didn't spend it?" "I never intended to spend it—any more than I really intended to steal it. Lightheaded, she threw up in the courtyard of the Palazzo as servants crowded her in alarm. ’ Gerald reached out and took her hand, enclosing it between both his own. ” “Has my sister been unkind to you?” “The family,” he declared, “has not treated me with consideration. He lowered her neck before her, and she noticed a bizarre urge to bite him rising from her mind like an itch.