k as he guided her out of the bedroom. They wa
y the mahogany table. He had already set o
st, his eyes widened for a fraction of a second. He
he sat down. Axel took the seat directly next to he
into the poached egg. The yolk spilled over
ne of his jaw relaxed. He picked up the silve
id, setting the carafe
did not ask where they were going. She nodded
movement, his eyes burn
he underground garage. Axel bypassed the driver. He opened the passen
an, merging onto the hi
left hand. His right hand reached across the center console and
private estate. Axel parked in fron
iveway. Axel took off his suit jacket and draped it over Chloe's
doors. Axel scanned his i
he smell of damp earth and vegetation filled her
the walls. Thick coils of scales moved
re in the center of the room. He st
mamba. The venom stops a hu
glass lid unlocked. He reached to the stank, pinned the snake m
pened, revealing the ink-black inte
eady. He watched her face, waiting for the mas
Her breathing did not speed u
from her nose. She could feel the
The muscle in
wat at the snake. She wrapped her fingershe snake, straigh
h you, I am not afra
ed. The suspicion i
dropped the snake in, and slamm
e waist, and slammed her back again
ped against her bottom lip. He forced her mouth o
id her hands up his chest and grippe
ested his forehead agains
rasped. "No one t
e sm
hardened. "Prove
pocket. She pulled out her i
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