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Jewel lay fully clothed in the crook of Gray&039;s arht, but he&039;d insisted they be prepared for any unwanted nightti assured her that he slept peacefully Her body was sated and relaxed, but her ether had been wonderful So wonderfully satisfying When he&039;d bit her, oh, the pleasure! Nearly too inning to bother her
He didn&039;t linger over her body like he did with other woely, quickly He didn&039;t whisper erotic words in her ear; he grunted and growled and uttered guttural things She&039;d loved it, gods, she loved it, but she couldn&039;t help but worry that perhaps he didn&039;t like her as well as he&039;d liked the others
Jewel sighed and forced herself to sleep He was here, in her arh for now
Gray slowly ca love with Jewel fresh in his mind He lay on a mossy riverbank, his woone wild for her He loved the way she&039;d gone wild for him, loved the way she&039;d clawed and bit at hirowled his na home without her He&039;d find a way to take her with him; he had to find a way He couldn&039;t live without her Shehis child; they&039;d taken no precautions, this time or before Maybe Atlantean and human could procreate, ht of his woo back, which o with him; he couldn&039;t stay here and allow OBI to send in another agent The only reason they hadn&039;t yet - or had they? Damn, he just didn&039;t know They wanted as few people as possible to know about the jewel Hopefully that concern was holding them back They wouldn&039;t want to take a chance that another govern to have themselves a serious conversation Was she the Jewel of Dunamis? If not, as her connection? And there was a connection, he knew there was
Constantly he wavered between yes and no Yes, she was Dunamis No, she wasn&039;t She was a wo, sensual woman Not a stone But she could predict when their enemy approached, knew that enemy&039;s battle plan, as well She could readDunah his hair "Do not h the darkness Reht He&039;d been so lost in hishell!
Soon he spotted the intruder as clearly as if the sun glowed overhead His blood ran cold The golden-eyed warrior had a sword pointed at his heart
"Let the woainst the blade&039;s tip It pricked and stung, but he was able to settle Jewel beneath hi her with his body Slowly, so slowly, he inched his hand to his waist and the blade strapped there "And maybe I&039;ll let you live"
The dark-haired warrior chuckled "I like your spirit, human Or vampire? Or demon? You smell of all three Noaken the woman I wish to speak with her"
"I&039;m awake, Renard"
Gray released a breath he hadn&039;t known he&039;d been holding Jewel sounded calm, completely unafraid, and the fact that she knew the warrior by name eased his worry for her safety That didn&039;t stop hi it at the ready
"Re up "If you hurt him, I will find a way tothe way her white robe flowed over her exquisite curves, Gray was irateful he&039;d insisted that they dress after their explosive love her nakedness but himself
The warrior Renard did as coh "Am I allowed to have no fun?"
"Not with my man, no"
Gray liked those words on her lips
"Did you come to steal me away?" she asked "Actually, no"
Jewel relaxed "Truth," she said
Gray ju the brute to have any type of advantage "You want to explain why you&039;re here and threateninghis voice conversational
The large warrior, who stood as tall as Gray, grinned "Not particularly, no"
"Renard," Jewel said, her expression as stern as a schoolteacher "Tell us, or I&039;ll read your mind Then I&039;ll tell all your secrets"
He shuddered "First, you enter dragon territory Then we see you in the Inner City with Mere following you Then deh, we see the vampires save you Have you joined with thee
"Of course not"
"Then tell us, please, what is going on"
"We? Us?" Gray dean to seep fro away the shadows as four other hulking warriors stepped from behind the trees Gray rolled his eyes Not only had one man sneaked up on hin on the trees that read, Hu to her feet She raced over to theherself in their aro after her, every possessive and protective bone in body shouting a protest He wanted to jerk her away from them, but he didn&039;t He forced hiht of her happiness The entle with her as they passed her from one to the other
He didn&039;t like anyone else - especially these testosterone filled warriors - putting their hands on his woman And she was his She&039;d purred her love and he&039;d claiet used to it
When had he becoolden eyes lit with amusement "Lucky for you she doesn&039;t want to part with you"