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"You know, you could just kill Kat off"

"Kish!" Sin snapped, wanting to splinter his servant across the wall behind him

"What? It&039;s been a full week since she left and all you&039;ve done is sulk like a dying cow"

"Dying cows don&039;t sulk"

"How do you know? Do you lared at theto clean up his penthouse For over a week he hadn&039;t left his couch except to kill demons and hunt for Kessar and his brother He&039;d slept on it, eaten on it, and sulked on it And all in a useless effort to push Kat out of his life

But the truth was, he missed her He missed the scent of her skin and hair Missed the way her forehead crinkled whenever she thought he was nuts He missed the sound of her voice, the touch of her hand

Most of all, he hter they&039;d shared Her razor-sharp sarcasm

His stomach ached from the emptiness left by her absence It was a pain so profound that it per about hiy

All he wanted was Kat back

Damn her to hell for that

Kish picked up the pizza box, which still held an untouched pizza, and added it to the garbage "I&039; cow could sulk"

"The least you could do is call hi bull," Damien said as he entered the room behind Kish "Man his ass up a bit At least that would be an iirl we&039;ve had to deal with these last seven days"

Sin shot his hand out and sent a jolt to each of theirls want to complain about?"

"Ow," Kish whined "I think he broke my body"

"What part?"

"My whole body It all hurts"

Dalare at him "Do you even own aabout?"

"You Man, no wonder Kat left you You smell, your hair is knotted, and you haven&039;t shaved in how allu One whiff of you would kill them" He looked at Kish as he stood up "Don&039;t strike a match The alcohol fumes alone would send hiot up and grabbed the half-empty bottle of Jack Daniel&039;s off the coffee table He headed for his bedroo anymore

At least that was the plan, but the walls were so thin, he couldn&039;t help but overhear theed those clothes?" Damien asked

"I think it was the last tilasses clinking together

Da?"

"Let me put it to you this way I restock the cabinet twice a day now"

"Daht the deht earlier He strikes a match and breathes at them Like a human blowtorch"

"If it wasn&039;t so sad and probably true, I&039;d laugh"

"Yeah I hear ya Personally, I stopped laughing when I found this under his pillow"

Sin cursed as he realized what Kish had found and he went to his bed to quickly verify exactly as in his hands Just as he feared Katra&039;s heinous flannel paja them near so that he could smell her whenever he slept Her scent had coht now, he felt like a jackass at having been found out But that feeling vanished behind the realization that anotherKat&039;s clothes

Infuriated, Sin stormed back into the main room and snatched the to you"

"Sorry"

He turned to catch Da I&039;ine you in flannel pink sockin pink"

Kish burst out laughing "Actually, with his skin tone, he probably does look really good in it I would definitely say he&039;s an autuave the that you tomen know that color palettes for clothes have a name" He turned to Damien "The fact you corrected hi in pink pajalared at hi you don&039;t embezzle from my casino or I&039;d kill you where you stand" And with that he returned to his rooainst it Before he could stop hientle scent that was unique to Kat How so so stupid could both soothe and crush hi what he felt

He wanted her here with him And it killed him to be here alone

"What have I done?"

But he knew He had to keep her away froallu, what chance did Kat stand? He would never jeopardize her safety for his selfishness

Disgusted with his oeakness, he forced himself to toss the pajaht himself in the mirror, he understood Damien and Kish He did look like hell

His eyes were sunken from lack of sleep he couldn&039;t rey and unke like this, and he probably did smell as bad as he looked

Disheartened, Sin went to the shower to bathe and prove to all of them that he could function without her

He just didn&039;t want to

As he waited for the water to heat, he balled his fist and placed it against the cool wall outside the shower before he pressed his forehead to the tile Closing his eyes, he could see her so clearly in his mind feel her

"Sin?"

He tensed at the sound of her voice saying his naht behind him But he knew better

Then he felt it The soft whisper of a hand on his shoulder Afraid it was nothing more than torture invented by his ht?" she asked

"That depends"

"On what?"

"Whether or not you&039;re still there when I turn around"

"Do you wantin his throat Dammit, man, shake your head and tell her to leave It&039;s for her own good It&039;s for your own good

Still her touch was on his skin

Forcing himself to turn around, he opened his eyes and saw thehe&039;d ever seen in his life Kat&039;s face Unable to stand it, he pulled her to him and kissed her

Kat couldn&039;t breathe at the ferocity of Sin&039;s eers beca hiue danced with hers and his thick whiskers scraped against her face

The scent of Sin and whisky filled her head, and her heart raced She&039;d been so afraid of his reception that this was a startling surprise for her

"Does this mean you&039;re happy to see ainst the shower door, and before she could blink her clothes were gone

Kat couldn&039;t breathe as he dipped his head down to tease her right breast His whiskers scraped her skin and sent chills all over her while his tongue tormented her with pleasure He was ferocious as his hands and lips sought out every part of her body

Ecstasy assailed her When she&039;d co she&039;d expected Truthfully, she&039;d thought he was going to throw her out and tell her never to come back Or at the very least to turn and walk aithout hearing a word she spoke

Not in her wildest dreary for her as she was for him He was desperate to touch her, and it made her sood to be in his ar her skin Just the feel of his strong arh to make her wet and needy

"I want you, Sin," she breathed in his ear "I don&039;t want to wait"

She reached over her head to grab onto the shower bar as he entered her

Sin growled at the feel of being inside her again Every part of him shouted in relief He looked up to see the precious sainst her His entire body was shaking fro his

Waiting for her was the hardest thing he&039;d ever done in his life, and it seemed to take forever before she finally sank her nails into his arm and threw her head back to cry out The minute he felt her cli as she released the shower rod and realized the roove had cut into her palm Still, she didn&039;t care as she wrapped herself around hi in her ear

"That was an unexpected treat," she said with a laugh

Sin wanted to laugh with her, but he didn&039;t find this funny He&039;d jeopardized her and recanted everything he&039;d tried to accomplish this last week

And for what?

For the touch of her hand on his face

The truth tore through him He&039;d sell his soul for one moment with her But he couldn&039;t tell her that

"Why are you here?" he asked, his voice thick and strange sounding even to hiht you should know it"

That was it? That was the only reason she&039;d come here? Part of him had wanted her to tell him that she&039;d missed him That she&039;d been unable to function without him But now that he looked at her, he realized that she looked great Unlike hi rieved

And that seriously pissed him off

She frowned at him "Are you okay?"

"Fine," he snapped

"You don&039;t look fine You look kind of pissed I thought this would make you happy"

"I&039;m ecstatic" Oh yeah, there was no sarcashtly at hirowled "Is that all you have to say to me after a week?"

She folded her araze levelly "Yeah, that and you need a bath"

"I was about to do that when you showed up"

She scoffed "By the looks of you, I&039;d say you&039;re a couple of days late"

He grabbed a washcloth from the stack of them in the wall cupboard "Are you simply here to insult me? Because if you are, I have two others who beat you to it They&039;re better at it, too"

"Oh, I seriously doubt that"

He ignored her as he checked the water teo"

"No Not until you tellwithand answer ht "You&039;re pouting like a two-year-old"

"I am not"

She put her hands on her hips and imitated a small child Then she answered in the lared at her Even though he wanted to be angry, he couldn&039;t stop a sh that betrayed him "I hate you" But there was no emotion in his voice to back those words

She popped hio find rabbed her arry look in his eyes It was absolutely furious and it chilled her to the bone

"Who?" he growled

What the hell was he talking about? "Who what?"

"Who are you going to?"

Suddenly everything was clear to her His derief, Sin, you couldn&039;t possibly think I was really going to find someone else I didn&039;t re around now BelieveI a myself So put that jealousy back in its box and cover it with a stainless-steel lid Nail it shut and stick it where the sun never shines I don&039;t ever want to see this side of you again"

He stepped back "Well, what am I supposed to think? You don&039;t look any worse for the wear"

"Wear of what?"

He looked away from her "Never mind"

She stopped him before he entered the shower "Do you think this as easy on me?"

He raked her with a sneer "You look pretty unscarred"

She growled at hi when you&039;re naked or I&039;d skin you for that I&039;ve been through utter hell this week because of you Do you think I wanted to coain? I know it&039;s hard for you to believe, but I do have my pride, and you&039;ve kicked it for the last tihtened "You missed ot out of what I just said?"