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She ejected the Doctors and slipped in the brand-new Sting CD Dalove couy was full of surprises She didn&039;t knohy it felt like so so wonderful for her She wasn&039;t sure if it hurt or felt good She didn&039;t knohether to laugh or cry, to feel ecstatic or depressed And feeling both was exhausting and confusing

She knew only that the small car put the from the speakers now in that husky voice filled what little space remained between the of energy, one she only felt when they were close, whirred in her nerve endings It was electricity and attraction and awareness, and soht, with fallen leaves shooting up behind theaze on Dalittering onyx eyes and his sensual lips with their dramatic color He didn&039;t have flesh-colored lips like a lot of men His lips looked like fruit that&039;s ready to be picked And she thought they&039;d taste the same way

His hand shot out to jerk the wheel to the left She swung her gaze back to the paveed, but kneouldn&039;t re She pulled a U-turn at the first wide spot in the road and headed back toward his house

If there was one thing she wanted before she died, it was to make love to this man The only proble hiht inwardly As deeply as Da him She didn&039;t want to do that, and it surprised her just howhih about anyone to give a daot hurt No one but Tawny, at least

And to think she&039;d believed he was a killer

God, her feelings were all mixed up

Okay, better to concentrate on heraround listening to Ten Suht with this incredibleher nowhere

"You know, he&039;s never going to lanced at hi at him for the past few miles, but his eyes were on her, dark and deep and dreah she&039;d distracted hi

"What?"

"Our killer He&039;s not likely to attack me when you&039;re at aze "Maybe I&039; a hurry to see him try to murder you as you are"

"I&039; to let you walk around alone with a big bull&039;s-eye painted on your forehead"

"Then you want to let hiet away? Because that&039;s ill happen, Da "We&039;ll think of soh" She turned slowly into his winding driveway, and he used a reate

"After the next perforht When it&039;s over, weMake it seem as if you&039;re alone, when you really aren&039;t Try to trap hi" Mostly because she doubted Dah with it He ay too protective of her It should irritate the hell out of her instead ofhi you like chuht to be a last resort With any luck he&039;ll tip his hand before then, and on&039;t have to risk it"

She shut the engine off She had her own ideas about how much they could and couldn&039;t risk here To her way of thinking, the biggest risk was the one that the killer would get away Her life was no risk at all It was all but over anyway Where the hell was the risk in that?

"You&039;re tired" He touched her shoulder

"Hell, Daht hours How can I be?" She didn&039;t say she wasn&039;t She was Drained

"You&039;re still pale"

She laughed a little "Maybe this Bachman nut will think I&039;h with her In fact, he looked pained for a second She opened her door "So, you won&039;t letwith you about it" She got out and started for the front door, knowing he was right behind her "So how about we spend the rest of the night going over those notes Eric Marquand brought you? All that stuff about these DPI crazies" She waited at the door while Da it wide and let her walk in before hione over all that There&039;s nothing that can be of any help" He closed the door, locked it

Shannon strolled nonchalantly through the short hall into the round roo to love She let herself collapse backward onto the chaise He didn&039;t want her exaiven him He&039;d locked them in the desk as soon as she&039;d entered the library and started looking at thee

"So, et him to answer some questions What do you think?"

Damien blinked quickly "I have a few appointments tomorrow Business stuff I&039;ll have to be away for most of the day"

"Oh" She hoped her disappointh in her voice She wasn&039;t eager to spend the day alone

although, the idea did present her with the perfect opportunity to take a peek at the papers in that locked desk

He crossed to the hearth, tossed a couple of logs onto coals that never quite died down, then took a seat on the floor, amid the cushions "Are you tired? You want to rest?"

"I&039;ll be able to rest all I want toood idea"

She sat up, drawing her knees around underneath her "So does that thing work?"

He followed her gaze to the wide-screen television "Yes I don&039;t use it much Can&039;t say I&039;m overly fond of television Mostly I watch the news and tapes of other icians Helps me spot my own flaws"

"If you have any flaws, Damien, believe me, they&039;re invisible to the human eye"

He looked a little startled She couldn&039;t believe she&039;d actually done that Flirted with him She was a selfish bitch

"I have theiant super h character to resist? Why in the na off the chaise and onto the floor beside hiet closer to the fire She did, and the fire was Damien

"What are they? Your flaws"

His dark eyes were burning zigzag paths over her hair "You&039;d run screa if I told you"

She shook her head, and she read amazement in his eyes when her hair flew out around her and sealed back to cover her shoulders "It takes a lot to scare ically upward, and his fingertips touched her hair, hesitant, unsure "Maybe you should be"

She swayed forward, herany noticeable influence over her body&039;s actions She closed her eyes, tipped her face up and pressed her lips to his They trembled a little, nearly pulled away She pressed harder, parting her h filled her She drank it, and his hand slidthe back of her head, holding her face to his His lips opened and his tongue slipped between hers to lick at herhim all the access he could want Her ar in her

But he pulled away He got to his feet, turning his back to her He kept pushing a hand through his hair, and he bowed his head, staring into the fire The tre her body were

"I&039;ot up, she&039;d go to him, throw herself at him like some desperate, love-starved wanton She wouldn&039;t do that, to herself or to hiht with her racing heart rate "I&039;ve never been kissed like that before"

"Then the men you&039;ve known have been fools"

He still didn&039;t look at her She smiled at the coh her veins "Wouldn&039;t have mattered I never wanted any of them"