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"I’ his hand down to help her up "My name’s Todd"
"I’m Beth" She let hi calluses When had she started to find a rough hand attractive?
"Want to joinfroh this about once a week Her answer never changed "I’ve got other plans" Taking a shower, heating up so TV "But thank you"
"That’s too bad Maybe next time" He s around the edges of her very concealing black suit
She shrugged "Nasty car accident," she said, lying without any remorse whatsoever
An hour later, back in her tiny furnished aparthtlessly at the car chase on the television Toain Her heart did a slow soency she hadn’t felt sinceKyler Kyler who she’d been convinced truly loved her
She’d been so very wrong
Her hand tightened on the ht, of his sure handson her body, of the intense look in his eyes and how he saw her every reaction In her dreah her… And then his face would blur into Kyler’s The sound of his rough voice would le-tail and then her grunts of pain when he shoved hi?
At one time, she’d loved Kyler so ood looks to theabout hi about anyone There was no way to tell who a person was inside
And although Master Nolan hadn’t hurt her, he easily could He was a Dom Soive him that She didn’t trust him…or herself
She took a sip of her soup and had to force herself to s Nolan had done what she’d hoped for He’dbesides fear But he de too much of her control over her body…and her ehed h, as sturdy as kudzu You could jurowing After Kyler? Now she felt like an iently, the stem would break, and it would die
Her hands curled around the cup of soup, trying to absorb the warain was just too big of a risk She needed to back away But how? And ould Z do?
Pursing her lips, she considered What if she got someone else to top her tomorrow? If that worked out, then Master Z wouldn’t cancel her membership, would he?
And Master Nolan wouldn’t want her if she huht of his black eyes, his ruthless face, and shivered
As twilight gathered around hi to his feet He rocked back and forth on his tiny dock--the structure no longer swayed under his weight Good One less chore on his list His place had sure gone to hell while he’d been gone
After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he sat on the end of the dock and listened to the background huret flapped slowly overhead, a flash of white in the dark sky A barred owl gave a series of hoots froe, crickets trilled, and frogs chirped with the occasional bass note of a bullfrog Near the center of the lake, a fish ju back into the water
In the desert, he’d craved the sounds of Florida, the feel of the hu his skin, the rich tropical scents with the underlying odor of sulphurous water It felt dalanced back at his big house, designed and built to hold a family Last year, he’d been happy to release Felicia, and she deserved to have someone who loved hera full-ti lonely at ti noise silencing the frog chorus for a lanced at the display His oldest brother
"Hey, Ada okay?"
A corner of Nolan’sthe years in covert ops, Nolan had been a damn fine killer, but it had taken its toll, and his brutal, bloody nightmares had terrified his fahosts But Nolan had put the little redheaded subs off was even better "I’ And how is everyone?"