tte
whelming stench of metallic blood engulfed me, completely masking the faint, clean scent of snow-
sing he was severely wounded, my in
to lock the stall door, only to find the latch w
ed into the restrooms?" another replied. "You guard the exit. I'll check the women's room!
e dim light, I could see his face was deathly pale, the e
ingly familiar about those cold, piercing blue eyes
estroom. The chaser was kicking the st
courage born from having my heart shattered tonight-but I grabbed the man'
cooperate if y
uckled his belt, yanked his expensive tailored trousers down, and kicked them toward t
habit I kept for emergencies-and sprayed it everywhere, overpowering the metallic tang of blood. At the same time, a surge of adrenaline spiked
pulled my T-shirt over my head, tossing it aside, leaving me in only my lacy bra.
my bare waist, pulling me flush against his hard, burning chest. A strange, electric jolt sparked the moment our lips met,
rd the intruder, screaming with feigned rage, "What
bare, pale back and the man's trousers discarded on the floor, the rogue's aggres
the stall," the rogue yelled back to his partne
had. I bit my lower lip hard, my hands tightly gripping
watching a live show and keep looking
y retreated, and the r
ence that I let out a long, shaky exhale. I turned to
up his trousers, and fastened his belt. He
him back, and pointed at th
Bending down to dig through my bag, I said in my stern, clinical voice
e lingering scent of alcohol I had sprayed. A faint, amus
ackened and sizzling faintly. Silver and wolfsbane.
t above the wound, and then used a pen
this every forty minutes for about five minutes to let the blood fl
stepped back, I realized he
eathing. But what caught my eye was a savage, jagged scar on his shoulder that extended all the way down his back. It was an old wound, fully hea
, using his blood-stained fingers to selectively fasten just two buttons, leaving his chest dang
gasped, looking up into
all, cold metal object w
. The overwhelming aura of a supreme predator washed over me as he lea
... until we
door, and walked out into the shad
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