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"You don't understand We share a destiny"
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She expected anger, not the loud roar of laughter as he tipped his head back and howled into the night When he dropped his gaze back to hers, bitter cold emanated from his icy blue eyes "Did my mother send you here?"
Before she could respond, he held up his hand "Don't answer that I already know
Look, I enjoyed your et you off
But that's the end of it"
He didn't kno could he? Although, she'd always thought he would be aware of her, just as she'd been aware of hi their connection She wouldn't be at all surprised "You will come see me" She pulled her card from the pocket of her skirt and held it out to him
Logan shook his head "Not a chance in hell, sweetheart This game is over"
When he refused to take the card, she dropped it on the ground, the wind flipping it toward his shoe
"You will coan," she said, then turned and walked away, knowing that nothing she could say or do at the moment would convince hiard the pull he felt for as long as he could
But it wouldn't do any good
Soon enough, he'd show up on her doorstep He wouldn't be able to help himself
The woan watched her walk away, ad the soft sway of her hips that was completely natural, rather than the affected swivel Vivian presented him as she'd left
You will come to me
Bullshit No one told hiorgeous gypsy of a woht and eyes a vivid violet that seeht sun Even if she 10
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did have buttery soft,over his body despite the fact he'd never once touched her
She was too young for him anyway Couldn't be er than hie
An old soul, his mother would say
Speaking of hisparent had sent the woelina Stor about, it was the destiny of her children
That supernatural crap ht have worked on Aidan and Shannon, but it held no appeal to him He had no destiny, no woic, and he wanted nothing to do with ic, especially not the kind that lived within him
He'd controlled it for thirty-five years and he'd damn well keep it at bay forever
Whatever the mystery woman wanted would have to remain a mystery
The cool wind fluttered her card against his shoe He would not pick it up, no matter what
But it called to him Dared him to take a look
Ridiculous
Okay, maybe just to see what it said, then he'd tear it up
The background of the business card was the same color as the woman's violet eyes
Her nae below her name
Psychic Readings, Fortune-Telling, Tarot Cards and Mystical Spells
A fucking fortune-teller A carnival sideshow meant to bilk unwary travelers with mind tricks and voodoo mumbo jumbo
Did she think he'd run to her so she could tell his future? What kind of idiot did she take him for?
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Obviously a big one, considering she'd see up on her doorstep soon
Yeah, he'd show up all right When hell froze over He ripped the card up and tossed it into the wind, then shoved his hands in his pockets and hts back to Vivian, the redheaded siren who'd tried her best to fuck his brains out
They'd been casual sex partners for over a year Suited thes i her way eachshe wanted was her very rich ex-husband getting wind of her having a relationship, since he was still possessive as hell over her
And if she pissed off her ex, he enerous with the money he tossed her way each month Vivian valued her ex-husband's money s physical Occasionally, Vivian liked to be naughty and do it in public, though she always pretended to be shocked by it
Location didn't matter to him A fuck was a fuck Sex alleviated the tension and allowed hi to worry about a wo so well
The last thing he wanted was an emotional involvement with a woman Not hat he carried inside him No ould he fall in love It was fine for the rest of the Storan
He'd been told before that he was cold as ice Unfeeling Lacking emotion and warmth
Exactly the way he wanted to be In control
He turned and headed back to the hotel, confident that he was in charge of his destiny When he was younger, he'd struggled against thecontrol over himself It took a while, but he'das he reic stayed hidden
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He was no freak, no sideshow spectacle for people to wonder
about, to point and laugh at, or even worse--to fear He wanted to be a nor his normal, human life And he didn't need love and all the ties associated with it to enjoy his life All he wanted was to beordinary
Sophie Breaux was the opposite of ordinary in every way He'd bet a million she was as fake as any illusionist A mistress of tricks and chicanery
A con artist
No as he going to involve himself with someone like her, even if she had ood and bad
Bad, in that for ato life Good, in that watching Sophie bring herself to orgasave him the best sex he could remember
When she touched herself, it was like he'd been fucking her instead of Vivian
Which was all his i a e a trois in the alley Sure, he'd had his cock in Vivian, but he'd also had the pleasure of enjoying a superb mind-fuck with Sophie He'd been so in tune to her scent, the slight sounds she made while she pleasured herself and the way her body shuddered in climax
Yeah, it had been good, for a oneti ood was just theit in public and having soet herself off at the sa Sophie's pussy, her dark, swollen pussy lips moistened with the cream of her desire God, he could even smell her scent--a sweet, musky perfume that had sailed across the alley on the wind
It had been daood
But it would never happen again
Just like seeing Sophie Breaux Never again
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Chapter Two
"Mr Santiago, if you look at what The Rising Storree it's the best hotel for the price and will provide your clients a fantastic stay during the convention"
Logan waited for the ao played They sat near theinside a s its warht across them
Santiago was a shrewd businessan had worked with him in the past
Santiago always tried to finagle a bigger discount than what Logan illing to give
Which hy he'd acco today More business was always great, and booking a big convention like Santiago's company had every year would definitely be hile But he wasn't going to give it away for free, either Bringing Aidan and Lissa in meant more allies in his corner, and the hopes he could eventually turn this pain-in-the-butt client over to them in the future