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Gray shoved Jewel to the ground and threw hiained her breath, she flailed, trying to th prevailed

"Damn you," she cried

He merely meshed his lips into hers for a quick kiss, twisted, and raised his blade Ready to attack and defend The vampires&039; speed was incredible, al the to fight all of the to save Jewel He only knew he&039;d fight to the death if needed

And it looked like that ht be needed

They were almost within reach, murder in their eyes almost His body tensed, readied for impact and battle

Neither race touched theh hiht the deether Hisses rebounded, followed by the sound of sucking The s

The centaur bolted intoJeith him, and tried to follow the path the horse-wo to jerk him to a stop

"Where&039;s that safe house youhis pale locks, deterht peri several Mers - he ushered Jewel to another alleyway

"Wait!" she repeated

This time, he spun and faced her Half of her face was shadowed by the hood, but her lips - those soft, pleasure-giving lips - were perfectly visible "Baby, this is life and death We can talk when I&039;ve got you tucked away safe"

"I read hisof the vaed her inside a nearby cart and slithered the canopy over their heads He didn&039;t like re sedentary, but flattened hi her back into the splintered wood "All right, I&039; the sound to carry "What did you learn?"

She shivered at the contact "Layel wants to help us" "Why?"

"I don&039;t know"

He leaned into her until their breathher with its intensity The hard length of his body fit perfectly against hers "How can you know one and not the other?"

Jewel licked her lips and liquefied against hi thisHe&039;d barely touched her And now that he was, she couldn&039;t control her reaction She wanted hiain

"Concentrate, baby"

"People do not think in sequential ways," she said, forcing her mind on the task at hand "I want to help them because of this reason and that reason"

He cursed under his breath "You&039;re right I&039;d feel a lot better knowing his h"

"Yes" Her hands itched to slide up his chest, to have his hands slide down hers "Histhe Mers and demons away from us He wants us to stay here"

"Are you certain he won&039;t hurt you? You can&039;t predict danger against yourself"

"I&039;m sure about this Very sure"

He shifted, his erection pressing between her legs She gasped He wasn&039;t iht," he said "We&039;ll wait for hi erotically when his beard stubble teased her Hands clis and welcomed him deeper

He stopped her action with a shake of his head "Don&039;t We can&039;t do that here" "We&039;re perfectly safe"

"Doesn&039;t ht with my pants down and besides that, our physical relationship is over"

"Why?" she whispered, freezing inside A hollow beat dru me now" "You knohat I mean" His stark tone lashed out

"No, I don&039;t"

His teeth ground together, and he re while Finally, he snapped, "I&039;ll hurt you, damn it"

Hurt her? "The only way you&039;ll hurts are different now I&039;ht beside her head "Daet close to you, I can smell your blood and I want to taste it"