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Clay’s instincts flared awake "What aren’t you telling et to bed"

"Where you can dream about your ordinary human boyfriend?" He advanced toward her once ht actually prefer a hu under the naked intensity of the eine yourself into a safe little fantasy world where bad things never happen?"

She held up her hands as he reached her They hit his chest, pal with that? At least huo mad - protective and tell me I’h

He lifted one of those slender feertip in turn, aware of her racing heartbeat, her breakable bones, her trust in him It was the last that ripped him to pieces "Human families can be as territorial"

She shook her head "You predatory changelings take it to the next level I feel as if I’auntlet"

It was an unexpected confession The Tally he’d co sorry for herself But, he realized with a deep wave of excruciating tenderness, she’d had a lot of shocks in a single day "You’re mine Therefore you’re perfect"

Her lips twitched "Idiot"

"Maybe" He nibbled at her fingers "Once accepted, you’ll have the pack’s strength at your back We never leave one of ours to drown Never"

"I won’t be accepted, Clay," she whispered, shifting to lay her head against his chest, one hand still in his "I feel like a dirty street urchin around the other women, my nose pressed to the ith you on the other side I can’t shift, I don’t have Psy powers"

The i to you?"

"Forget it" She drew back "I was having a ’woe is me’ moment I’m over it"

He knew better "Tally"

She pressed her lips together He waited She blew out a breath "Fine! I got interrogated abouther with his arms around her waist "And what are your intentions?" hedown to brush his lips over hers "Are you planning to divest me of ainst him as she drew in a deep breath "Be serious They’ll never acceptout her fingers as if testing the strength of him He liked it

"Soers dug into him He liked that even better "What? Why?" she asked

"A Psy serial killer had ht have inforet - Dorian almost ripped out her throat As for Faith, the first ti part of a psychopathic race"

"I never would’ve guessed" Her fingers straightened, petted absently - he wanted to purr "How did Sascha and Faith become so much part of DarkRiver?"

"They’ve proven their loyalty"

"I have to do the sa, she braced her forehead against his chest "Is it okay for a hu if she even realized how easily she was cuddling into hiruer was a razor-sharp blade, but it had been soothed by this contact Not that it mattered Clay would not take Tally until she was ready to coain wanted to see fear of him in her eyes It had damn near killed hiainst hiht be, but you don’t have to point it out" But she took his advice and broke away "See you toht and early" He waited until she was safely in her roo the hn’s face wore a scohen he answered, his hair sleep-tangled "What? So?"

"I need to talk to Faith"

The other sentinel’s scowl deepened "You got me out of bed because you want to talk to " A slender hand touched his bare shoulder and then Faith’s face appeared on-screen beside Vaughn

"Clay? What’s the matter?"

"The matter is that I want you to leave Talin be" Tally could look after herself but that didn’texactly that It was time for someone else to look after her

Concern instead of insult dawned in Faith’s eyes "I’hts before adding, "I care"

"Vaughn," Clay growled

Vaughn pressed a kiss to his mate’s temple "Come on, Red I’ll explain the facts of life to you"

"Wait - Faith, you talked to the NetMind recently?" The NetMind was a neosentience that lived in the PsyNet - it was the Net, to soht prove the perfect source of infors<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>