MERCURY`S WAR

avel. When she glanced at him, her brown eyes, almost the color of dark chocolate, were irritated. Her softl

God, he was going to take her to her knees, hike that plain brown skirt to her

against the wall of t

g, and fought to maintain the same cool

go through the files stacked there. She would lean over, sometimes studying each file's cont

separate the full globes as he watched his er

d off to the thought of her, the image of her face and her naked body straddling him. The days

hrow her to the bed and rut in her until the ne

al specialist before y

rough sharp, brown eyes. "You were the one who set t

nderale Industries, Sanctuary's

ded sh

. Your specialty there was recon and weapons with a

"You make it sou

im silently, her exp

the talent." He finally shrugged. "When I came here, there were

he liked that little flare of interest in her eyes whenever he gave her what s

aightened and turned toward him, her hands sliding into the po

Now there was

in his throat and fought it back. Damn, he must have been too long without a woman. Maybe he should find one. Fast

era

vanced electronics, weapons and power. Did you

be a terror in the mountains the g

ry weight to allow for the small, mounted gun

shields on the bikes, and the engines themselv

consequences if the cyc

ew him. They need

ping up with the tricks the Supremacists use

have to patrol the perimeters, whic

rs per cycle," she pointed out. "Not to mention ammunition and satellite time they'll be using. At this r

of our people do you already have working security for

age," she argued. "There's no

tive we rescued from Iran last month, Ms. Rodriquez. The Breed comm

his life wo

witched at

ery important to Vanderale. He's doing fine, by

and he swore he heard the sound of silken flesh rubbing together. And that couldn't

between her thighs. He wondered if she would taste as sweet as h

reaming, begging, her head tilted back and

g out, we'll have an advantage over the Supremacists attempting to slip in and as

more attempts had been m

ad over the table before choosing

r neck, the pulse beating heavily just below the flesh. He ground the back of his teeth together at the

Mercury hastily ran his tongue over his teeth, checking for a swelling of the small glands beneath it, for any unu

lling of the mating hormone t

that he hadn't lost the one person in the world meant to be his after all? T

ing the choice taken away from him, of marking her, this one woman, a

need over

e would never know. He had lost his mate, yea

mall Lioness his heart

ing hunger to do just that. The sensitivity in his tongue, the primal a

been killed on a mission had n

their cousin the lion. But he could still fuck. And he was damned

lion dollars to Sanctuary last year alone,"

list of wants in the file he sent

on his mind. He was too busy staring at the rise and fall of her breasts beneath her bulky blouse, wondering at t

ury stared back at her, maintaining an even expression de

h on her cheeks, the way her eyes chastised

y bored." She sighed, h

akes me unc

hy

wasn't as fond of chocolate as some of the Breeds were,

laugh. "Perhaps because you and I both know it

for you, trailing me around. Besides, women don't like to h

breasts interesting shouldn't be such an issue. You appear to have nice breasts

d he wasn't bored at all. Being

I did was ogle your crotch?" s

ery thought of it had his cock twitch

, her eyes widened an

ttractive." He frowned at her displeasure.

lder closed. "I don't hav

He frowned; he knew he hadn't.

for every woman yo

table. There weren't a lot of women

t for days and it was driving him crazy. It was the first time he had smelled a woman's lust in such a way, from clear across the room. He might look like the lion

nt tempted

cent of awakening, of moist warmth and adventure. That

ow, and with the smell of her arousa

ng in her seat, most likely pre

t of a normal human, and she had no idea of his own weakness in it. She would also know that h

e against the wall, his eyes on her, despit

nd pointedly ignoring him. That was fine with him; growing accustomed to

*

embarrassed, or as turned on by a man as she

e had originally supplied Sanctuary with, as well as the notes an

wanted. But her mind wasn't on motorcycles, attached weapons and

physical characteristics than all the L

otic brown eyes, almos

applied the smallest line of kohl. Thick, sun-kissed lashes framed the e

been. His nose was long, with a flattene

nd handsome features, Mercury seemed to epitomize the Breeds. A lion walking within a man's body. She could clearly see the p

ard slot into which she had inserted a "ghost" chip, one of the new, specia

ctronic messages and orders she had been investigating were contained on the chip,

worry about than even Dane had imagin

e slapped the file closed

had gone there to do. She was too aware of him, too

dded as he flipped the mic of the communic

to the desk that held the files she had pul

before turning his conversation to the link. "

eplying. "My bag is in the Jeep.

s on her hips as she

t do you mea

attempt to breach the perimeter of Sanctuary'

ou're outside the boundaries o

o?

de the house, namely me, as well as one outside whenever you ar

that was not going to

refused your charming company. You

brow arched, and there was an arrogan

uldn't mean what s

raid you can't handle your own response t

ted dares. A dare had lande

oice cold despite the heat traveling through her body. "This has nothing

t, his broad, powerful chest, and

he conditions or we'll be forced to call Vanderale Industries and inform them of the danger and your l

tuary complained, it wouldn't just go through h

arity. Except her boss. Dane Vanderale might be the son and potential heir, but he was still answera

ale enforcer you can

ation. "Someone who at le

ain. "For example, I find it very amusing

nt. I just don't want the aggravation of your hard-on bouncing around my house

to anytime soon. For some reason, she hadn't excelled in

ibrator much easier than

assigned to the house. We don't have enough enfor

his gaze. His hot gaze. He watched her like the four-legged lions that p

it out. "This is Friday. I don't e

silently, as though sh

ed it when h

to Jonas," she i

for meetings this weekend, and he's currently heading into confer

, but hated to give him a reason to be any more amused at her discomfo

jerked her purse from the corne

black enforcer mission outfit, a mini-Uzi strapped to his side, a knife sheathed at one of his thighs

ectly safe," he assured her as he opened

Loved the sense of strength and protective power she could feel surrounding her. That didn't mean she liked the thought of dealing with it all weekend. She used th

red again as she made her way down the st

ch." He followed

ergrown male all weekend," she snort

vive, Ms. R

yb

e couldn't have, because Ria didn't do one-n

ything else. Hadn't his file already stated that he was considered a surviving mate? The woman his heart and soul had

ear walking away if she gav