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And he was determined to seduce, pet, and coax Grace into his arht

All day

Always

HALF relieved, half disappointed that she hadn’t seen Cooper again since his declaration of courtship, Grace put her tools away in her office, then stripped off her black coveralls to reveal the jeans and sleek black tank she wore underneath She was hungry after the long day, should’ve gone ho on her favorite blue sweater, the fabric fine rather than heavy, she checked her hair and face in thearena where she’d heard Cooper orking with so the access door up ahead, she used her palood thing about being in systems maintenance was that she knew all of the hidden nooks and crannies of the den This particular accessway led to another door on the inner wall of the training arena, and that door had ato ensure maintenance personnel didn’t accidentally walk out into a dangerous training situation

Grace made her way to that ith quick steps, happy to see that it was clean, as lass, it appeared the novices had been split into two tea pulled and punches turned into light taps Still, people occasionally went down - so points she realized, and a certain number equaled incapacitated or dead

She saw a disappointed novice go to his knees before her attention was captured by the adult male who came over, hauled the lanky youth to his feet, and proceeded to show hi Cooper’s actions were powerful, his expression intent The younger man nodded, copied thefor his own lighter body ence earned him a slap on the back

Grace couldn’t keep her eyes off the lieutenant, a problem she’d had since the day shehow ht next to where Cooperout on his own Now, she saw him call the battle to a halt, and from the victorious cheer that thundered over the left side of the room, he’d declared a winner A minute later, the novices cleared the floor to position theainst the walls

Into the open space walked a senior soldier who’d been helping to supervise the session As she watched, Shamus stripped off his T-shirt and threw it aside She wrenched her head toward Cooper to see if he was doing the sa muscle under hot, dark silk, a fine pelt of black hair on his chest, his cheeks creased as he laughed at so Shamus had said; he was the o pants, their feet bare, the two doo through a combat routine even Grace could tell was in half ti aid for the novices Shamus ell built - sexy, she supposed -

but all Grace could see was Cooper, his fluid actions akin to rough , trained body move in other, far more intimate situations?

Even as her teeth sank into her lower lip, even as her breath caught, her wolf paced, agitated and confused It reminded her that Cooper’s demands would be fierce, his need furious The possibility that she o dark, especially when she finally turned her awareness to the men and women atched the bout - to see that three other adults had joined the group All were female, and two of them had their eyes on Cooper

Grace took careful mental note of their identities Maybe she’d switch the air in their quarters to freezing, ensure they didn’t have any hot water for goodcarace as he and Sha to witness, the dance as primal as it was violent

Her heart was in her throat when they came to a sudden, unexpected haltand Cooper’s head whipped around, his eyes locking with Grace’s

COOPER shifted his attention back to Shamus after that instant’s distraction

He was dead certain he’d caught the finest trace of Grace’s scent - peaches, luscious and ripe, intertwined with a softness that was pure, sensual wo up a hand to block a kick to the head, he twisted around with a kick of his own "Full speed," he called, and the two of thee of the display, its purpose to deether to lethal effect

Afterward, he listened as Sharoup They didn’t do too badly, and Cooper released the class after pairing the day As the novices left, he saw Shao over to his math teacher mate Dark-eyed, black-haired "Ms Lopez" - as the pups called her - had coed herone another in wolfish affection

"I thought you two had a roo arena

The newly rinned before Shaood color on you, Coop And we’re going to that roos to Teach you can only dream about in your cold, lonely bed"

Cooper saw Emma slap at Shamus’s chest for that shameless boast as the two of theazes of the two senior soldiers who’d coot was the one who answered, blue eyes dancing "About Shamus’s plans, or the novices?"

Vitoria bleild curl out of her eyes, her hair an explosion of bronze and black with the odd thread of unexpected red-blonde "Scuttlebutt is that E at lunch today and so was Shaot paused for draolden skin of her face ue baseball "Apparently when Shao, it was pointed out that he ht possibly have carpet burns on his butt" Cooper’s wolf huffed with laughter as both women cracked up, but damn it, h e was jealous He wanted to sneak a certain deliciously sexy engineer away for a lunchti aside Shahter subsided, "what about the novices?"<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>