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“What the hell?” Alex leapt from his seat and placed himself between Briana and the rest of the room The e occupants paying no attention to the danger in theirboth his eyes and his instincts He detected nothing at all, no touch of malice or wicked intent, which couldn’t be correct If it was, they were in a hell of a lot more trouble than he’d like to admit
Reaching a hand behind hirip “Jump on,” he ordered His free hand held the hilt of his laser sword, ready to deflect another shot She crawled onto his back, her lithe thighs gripping his waist with easy strength, her full breasts pressed tightly against hiht”
He leapt over the dancers, landing first on the bar before lunging out the swinging door to the darkened night outside
Thieves’ Cove was a frightening city forundercover here for most of the last decade He knew the maze of back alleys as well as he knew the curves of a wo
The cool night air flowed over the his hair and hers In the distance, various sounds fought for do Sounds of the city But Alex are only of Briana and the lush weight of her body on his back She reh he knew the speed hich he moved would disorient any human
It was dark with only the stars to light their way He could see perfectly, ju over discarded crates and waste with ease, but a human wouldn’t be able to see his hand in front of his face Despite this and the fact that he was a stranger to her, when he searched her h as thein the slightest In fact, the longer he knew her, the more he liked her
It took onlybay where his early- waited He set her on her feet and rounded on her “Are you alright?” His gaze raked her from head to toe
She nodded
“Youwhat just happened?”
Sing hard, Briana“What’s to explain?”
Probing her mind, Alex sensed minor evasiveness but no intent to deceive “Sorabbed her elbow and led her up the cargo ra her inside where it was safe
“I noticed that,” she said with only a tiny waver in her voice “And I’m used to it I’m not a very popular person, if you hadn’t noticed”
“Mistress!”
They both turned, Alex with his sword at the ready He gaped at the sight that greeted hih not nearly as large, with gleaht blue eyes
“That’s your PA?” Alex snapped “It looks like a sex droid”
“Well…” she hedged
He turned his head to stare at her “You’ve got to be kidding me”
“What?” she gru over her cheekbones “Have you seen the latest personal assistants? They look like accountants I have to ith him all day Why make him hard on the eyes?”
“Is that all he’s hard on?”
Alex sank his fangs into his lower lip as self-punish that comment slip out, but he couldn’t have helped it if he tried Sharing the lovely Representative with a sex droid/PA was not his idea of a good time She deserved better
“That’s none of your business!” she retorted, hands her hips
He leaned over her, his nostrils flaring “It is when it’s on my ship”
“Then I’ll commission another ship”
“Go ahead!”
Her mouth fell open and then she snapped it shut “I will!” She stormed back down the ramp
“Your stubbornness is going to get you shot,” he called after her Like he’d ever let that happen
She ignored hirip steady and light Briana Michaels kne to defend herself, a fact Alex carefully filed away for future examination
He waited until the heel of her boot hit the bay, and then he closed his eyes and released his Calling He sent it out slowly, seductively, like the ripples on a lake Soothing her first, he then turned up the heat, revealing a bit of his desire and attraction to lure her back to him
He could hide what he was doing, inated with her, but instead, Alex caressed her with his essence, steeped her with it so there was no doubt in her mind that he wanted her back He sensed thespark of lust and he smiled
“That’s unfair,” she lared at him a moment and then stomped past him into the ship By her will, not his “There should be a law against vampires who look like you”
Staring after her, Alex licked his fangs and adht
“Thank you,” said James as it came to a halt next to him
“For what?”
“For saving her life She was frightened”
One of the things he disliked about droids was the ihts of their owners in real time Sure, it increased their efficiency, but at what cost to privacy? Droids could be stolen and the information they carried could be accessed
“I’ll take care of her,” Alex said sharply “But I need to knohat’s going on” He stepped into the ship and hit the lock pad, waiting until the cargo door was secured beforeinto the cockpit
“Which room is mine?” Briana yelled from down the corridor
“Whichever one you like best,” he yelled back, secretly hoping she picked his
“It is my job to care for her,” James said “Your job is sio”
Snorting, Alex dropped into the captain’s chair He ran a scan to check for any foreign devices and then started his preflight routine “You sound hty possessive for a droid”
“She had rammed that way”
“What the hell did she do that for?”
But when Alex turned his head, the unit was gone
Lust and decadence
Those were the two descriptors that came to mind as Briana stared into the captain’s quarters and drooled Decorated in rich jewel tones and voluptuous hanginglike the rest of the ship She felt as if she were standing on the threshold of an ancient harem—a purely masculine retreat with all the coht to the picture and a wo she needed to be sated
Releasing a deep breath, Bree leaned against the doorja on the bed, spread out for her pleasure Alex’s dark, dangerous presence would be showcased beautifully in such a bedroo the feel of hi beneath her as they flew through the night Never in her life had she experienced anything so thrilling, the world racing past her in blur, leaving only Alex as the one solid thing she could hold on to Even now, the memory of hirow heavy, the tips aching
When she’d set out on this course of action, she’d told herself he was the obvious choice because he was considered the best and she tried to believe that was the only reason she’d hired him But that wasn’t entirely true From the moment James had opened the data file she’d been captivated by the rakishly handsome captain