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"Do you really believe that?"

"Fear of touch is part of how they manipulate you"

The arhten "If I ask you to break contact because I’o into a seizure or unconsciousness, you have to do it That’s the only way I’ll let you keep getting closer"

Satisfaction was his blood "So you ad htiness that would’ve done any cat proud "I’m a cardinal We’re all born with more than our share of powers - I’ve spent the ti out how to use the in their confident er the cold slate he’d seen that first night "Why should I show someone I don’t trust - and who doesn’t trust ers up and down her delicate spine "You kno to go for the throat"

"It keeps me alive"

The jaguar didn’t like hearing that, didn’t like the thought of her needing such weapons, because that ier "You have to leave Find a way to boost your shields so you can deal on the outside and leave"

Her smile ithout any hint of amusement "I’ll die That’s an undeniable fact The second I drop out of the PsyNet and lose the necessary biofeedback, my mind will shut down Unless you can do for me whatever it is that Lucas does for Sascha"

"How did you figure that?"

"I’hn It’s clear there’s some type of psychic connection between the two of them" She dropped her chin onto hands folded atop her knees "I can almost touch it, but not quite It’s as if it’s so outside the Net but brushes by it"

Every one of his senses went on high alert If the Psy could pick up the Web that connected the alpha pair to their sentinels, DarkRiver would lose one of its crucial tactical advantages However, if Faith was unusual, it begged the question why He had a very good idea of the answer, but the cat never pounced before it was completely certain of success That hat made hi you out of the Net, do you think you could take ainst her lower back

Her spine stiffened "Don’t push me, cat"

It was the first tiued, he spread his palm and slid it up to the curve of her ribs Her breasts were so close he was having a hell of a tiher "Or what?"

"You don’t want to find out"

"Maybe I do" Moving with the animal speed of his kind, he had her flat on her back with him braced above her before she could reply Her eyes flashed velvet black and then streaks of silver began to tear jagged lines through the rich darkness "What the hell - ?" That hen he spied the giant wolf in one corner of the roo down in preparation for attack

Jaguar instincts took over

Shoving Faith to the side, he pounced soundlessly toward the wolfand went straight through it Only his agility saved hi a racket as he landed hard on the carpet The awareness of soft fehter, so low that he could barely catch it, the sound rusty and unused, had hi his eyes as he stood "Very funny" He aze of the wo around a face she’d propped up on her hands He didn’t think he’d ever seen a ry cat in him amended that - if she were naked, that would be even better

"Did you beat the bad puppy?" she asked