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"Yeah I haven’t charged it since I got here Itand letting ht If he hadn’t done that, I’d probably have called the national guard to hunt you down"

"Adrian called you?" A tingleelse he had on his plate, he’d taken a parent’s concern into consideration and went out of his way to alleviate it His thoughtfulness touched her deeply

"Yesterday ToldYou should take it easy for the next couple of days and drink lots of liquids And yousome time in Adrian Mitchell He sounded like he really cares about you Could be so there"

If only She’d finally met a man she didn’t have to lie to or hide fro care of yourself?"

"Knowing you’ll nag ht and played poker, too"

"Good" She’d been pushing hiood first step

"Where are you? The caller ID says Mondego Resort"

"It’s a Gadara property," she explained, having noted the Gadara Enterprises logo on the bedside phone as she dialed

"So you’re already back in the saddle then You need to take care of yourself You’ve always pushed yourself too hard"

"Look who’s talking," she shot back "I’ll make you a deal: every time you take a day off, I’ll hed, and she absorbed the sound with delight "All right Deal"

"I love you I’ll call again in a couple days, but if you need anything or just want to chat, I’ll ed"

"Will do Love you"

Returning the receiver to the cradle, Lindsay stood andon the way out The living area had been devoid of masculine voices for a while now, but she still took a deep breath of courage before opening the door Hearing her father’s voice had helped her get her focus back, but the feelings of vulnerability and exposure reot to her As ainst hi with his arreen T-shirt and loose-fitting jeans did little to hide the power of his body There was such a sense of solidness and steadfastness to hiuy you could trust with your life He reust and stalwart in an extraordinary way The feeling he gave of anchoring her was the most difficult aspect of him to resist She desired him, she liked him, she trusted him And when she ith hi the vahtiven her equanimity back to her But to return the favor, she had to let hi away frole selfish moment

"Hi, El" She smiled at the handsome lycan "How are you?"

"Alive" Elijah’s deep voice rue part, because of you"

"Whatever You were kicking ass I just tried to be more than a helpless human"

"Helpless" He snorted "No, you’re not helpless You’re fucking crazy"

Lindsay nodded grimly "For the most part"

His brilliant elance "How are you feeling? Is the ar you at all?"

She approached hi and a light dusting of peach fuzz had sprung up since she’d taken her first shower earlier

Elijah looked at her arht for sure you’d lose it"

"It was bad, huh?"

He shot her a wry glance "Yeah It was nearly blown off by a shotgun"

Lindsay re the phantom pain "How did he do it?"

"Wish I knew"

Since he seemed so fascinated by it, she offered, "You can touch it"

"No way"

One brow rose "I don’t bite"

"I’ Adrian off Curiosity killed the wolf, too"

"Seriously You’re totally overesti any possessive tendencies on his part Besides, hoould he know?"

"He’d smell me on you"

The other brow rose to match the first

"Seriously," he parroted drily "Hate to embarrass you, but I smell him all over you"

Her stomach knotted "Did you also smell itated hands "If I wanted to pack up and run, would I have to ditch you? Or would you let rowled softly "See how far you get"

"Do you have orders to detain ht"

Because she trusted hi with fire and I’et burned I could live with that, but Adrian--he doesn’t need this kind of heat He’s still recovering fro boy He can take care of hi care of you"

Her gaze moved to the table She remembered vividly what it felt like to have Adrian inside her The edge to his voice had been as intin words he spoke resonated inside her, striking her in a way that was distantly fa, but she knew they ords spoken froible caresses, drifting softly over her skin like a warm breeze If she was the only one to face consequences, she would take him Keep him Make him hers But it wasn’t that way He would suffer

She exhaled in a rush "My self-preservation warning light appears to be on the fritz"

"So I noticed the other day"

"Are you hungry?"

"I could eat"

"Let’s go pig out, then ride a roller coaster until we voht save her froht If she didn’t loosen up, she was going to snap