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"Ca Lucian held out to him and followed him to the kitchen table at the far end of the rooerator would cause questions I don&039;t want to answer I always keep soe it out once in a while, feeding the fruit and lunch the juices and milk with fresh stuff when they&039;ve passed their &039;best before&039; date"

Lucian grunted at the information as he settled at the table A , but once the bags were empty, Are under the sink as he asked, "So what did you need to tell ed for extra blood in your deliveries for as long as Eshe is here," Lucian informed him, all business now "I&039;ll pick up the tab"

"There&039;s no need for that," Areneau Enterprises and ten far a profit He could supply blood for the wonored him and pulled out his wallet to retrieve a credit card "She&039;ll need ht Is there so?"

"Of course, Lucian," he said dryly, and then pointed out, "London is only twenty minutes or so north of here"

"Hmm" Lucian didn&039;t seem irinned at Lucian&039;s pained expression, but ood-sized city, you know"

"For Ontario, maybe," Lucian said dryly and passed the credit card to him "Put her clothes on the coestion, not sure it was exactly kosher to put a woman&039;s clothes on the coue

"And put anything else she asks for on the card too I don&039;t expect you to be out-of-pocket for doing us this favor" Before he could comment, Lucian asked, "Have you tried to read her?"

Armand felt his eyebrows rise, but admitted, "No"

"Why not?" he asked at once

"She&039;s older than me, I&039;m not likely to be able to"

"Still, you should try to read her Most i someone in hopes they&039;d found their life lanced away as hefor a new life mate"

"Hmmph" Lucian scowled at him, and then added, "Well, I want you to try to read her before we leave We&039;ll rejoin her in the living roolared at him rebelliously, he added, "Just do it for me If I call you with updates, I need to knofro back to Toronto if another enforcer gets hurt in her place or so the need for it

"Come on" Lucian was up and out of the room in the next heartbeat and Ar rooestured for Arri on her forehead, seeing it but not seeing it as he tried to penetrate her thoughts He wasn&039;t terribly surprised when he failed to do so

"Well?" Lucian asked impatiently When Armand merely shook his head, Lucian nodded as if he&039;d expected as much, which he probably had since Eshe was the older of the two of theer valanced to Eshe and ordered, "See ed to look as if she was doing it only because she chose to rather than because he&039;d barked at her like she was a dog who had to obey She also sauntered out of the roo as Armand suspectedher spunk as well as her fine ass as she made her way out of the roo hips out the door when Lucian was suddenly in front of him, one hand on his chest to hold him back

"There&039;s no need for you to accompany us She&039;ll be back in athe order as he suspected Eshe would have, but then shrugged and moved to settle in the La-Z-Boy she had just evacuated She would be back soon enough and he&039;d have her company for teeks He could wait, he decided, and then turned his head to the side and sniffed as he noticed that the chair was still warered in the air around him It was a lovely, spicy scent that he decided suited her perfectly, and he inhaled of it deeply, drawing it into his lungs with pleasure

"I couldn&039;t read him," Eshe admitted in a small voice the moment the door of the house closed behind her and Lucian and they wouldn&039;t be overheard The fact that she couldn&039;t read Ar Eshe had tried to read Armand the first ti rooain when he&039;d returned frohts both ti to read her, probably under Lucian&039;s order, and had let her guards drop to allow it, but had seen hi "Well?" However, her main concern had been that she couldn&039;t read him She should have been able to She was older than he was and had only ever encountered one person that she hadn&039;t been able to read: Orion He had been only ten years younger than she and had been her first and last life ht be her second

Any other ti a possible life mate would have been a cause for joy This time, however, with this man-a suspect in several possible murders-it was not a joyful event and she was almost in a panic at the realization

"I couldn&039;t read hirimly as they descended the stairs to cross to Lucian&039;s van

"I know I could tell by your expression," he said sole as he started across the pave I can&039;t read him Maybe he&039;s hard to read"

"And if it does ?" she asked quietly as they paused beside the van She gri her, and had done so inter She said, "I know you know I find hi unless you find yourself suddenly eating," he said quietly, and then added, "And if you do" His s, Eshe You&039;re here to do a job and I expect you to do it whether he&039;s a possible lifeherself to at least appear cal her throat, she held on to the van door when he opened it to get in and asked, "Any last instructions?"

Lucian settled in the driver&039;s seat before turning to peer at her solemnly "Just watch your back"

When she stared back blankly, he pointed out, "His last life mate didn&039;t fare very well, nor did his wives Just stay alert and get the anse need as quickly as you can"

Eshe nodded unhappily, and when no other orders were forthcoine, she pushed the van door closed She then watched silently as he followed the circle back onto the driveway and headed up the lane toward the road

Eshe stood in the driveway until his rear lights disappeared before turning to peer at the house Inside was a ht also be a murderer as well