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n the shirt, peering over her sho

stunning green eyes. She recalled his accent as well-it sounded like

ally he'd been cocky, then grew tongue-tied, sta

s before she'd known what had been

s well. His bared chest was rippling with muscles, and

one of them. She shuddered, trying to block

appearing more human. His horns ran back along his he

without my glasses? "W

ct you. More will be coming-I

id, "These twelve were just the

ound?" s

loor above them. He shot to his feet. "Come w

e are we

p you safe, but you'll have to trust

isingly steady on her feet, all things considered. Never relinquishing h

nes before, speaking that same odd language. Cadeon pulled her back against the wall, then whispere

attack, the broad muscles in his back grew befor

ng, and his roar shook the room, paining her sensitive ears. He snatched

upper and lower fangs shot longer. He use

earlier fearlessness disappeared. When his eyes flooded with

o go home. Forget this ever happened. Why sh

direction they'd been traveling, even

r. Ancient-looking tapestries hung on the walls. On a display shelf wer

doors to the outside. If she could get

f her. She sucked in a breath and dared a glance as she ran

ed the wall on either side of her, closing in. She darted right, th

ach side. She fr

Scooping her up in his arms, he tucked her against his chest. Just as the shots rea

im, unable to turn to run without risking her. S

s seeming to consume her, and grated

y, crying harder every time his

himpered. His voice a harsh rasp, he said to her, "No, no, female. Shh."

ered over Cadeon's shoulder. The rob

s with her in his arms. He turned in midstride, hitting the doo

of the manor. After opening the groaning cab door, he tossed her inside on the

of the shock and fog. "Does this thing still run?"

crapes." He finessed the gearshift up and back. "I just need to make sur

er a patronizing glance as soon as t

nce was stately, the grounds immaculate. She would never h

their kind. She turned to him, s

was thick and straight, reaching past his masculine ja

to be permanent, as if he'd have to cut it to ge

Now they were smooth, the color of a shell, lying close to his head. Wit

p?" he asked, his voi

just never seen...h

u'd be in f

re we go

town," he said. "This plac

f his seat. "How are you still

of fucking p

guage grating on her lik

y language's only going t

abit. Are you go

n she frowned, he explained, "My ski

around that. "What did those men wan

were leeches

tly, but her mind was sc

ly immortal yet. Our kinds never use g

ty, but managed not to ga

became the most po

ually reserved for her students, she added, "Th

me for questions w

n the drive. An SUV b

eeling around, spraying u

ashboard to brace herself

y off this propert

uld you

d, "I've met with the demons here on oc

those animals? Does your '

rdly keep the chits off

re you from the nineteenth century

d the four-wheel-drive gear, peering at her hard. "It just comes to me natural, like a gift." Stomping on t

rt me? I've never done a

you've done-it'

or?" she said in

d a special one at that. Y

ontest winner! And she was hu

gical mother mus

imagined her as a scared teenager who'd had the incredible good sense to leave her baby on the most wonderful doorstep imagina

ht now we've got to g

brush loomed. "I

id, then added in a casual tone,

ertain there's no o

perty's surrounded

dds that we'll

s one in

de. "I wouldn't

here's zero cha

feeling around the seat

few yea

t get it fixed

around mortals, the

said, "Cadeon, I do not s

t he pressed his straightened arm

t really goi

ust

en bullets for her, and yet there was somet

noticeable fangs. "Though if you're the p