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She could really be with this azed deep into the future and saw an eternity of hihed with hied hi the kids with homework She adue in her s painfully

Yet she still couldn’t move She felt pinned to the spot where she’d landed, her bare feet stuck like chewing gum to cement Fear of this neorld held her fast She still didn’t know the rules Besides, wasn’t it possible she could still end up hurting Kerrick because of her powers in ways she couldn’t yet conceive? She hadn’t hurt him earlier on the couch in Carefree, but he’d been beside her, not in her Oh, God Okay

He opened his eyes, smiled faintly at her reticence and nodded He slid off his stool then rily The muscles of his arrabbed the coffeepot He topped off and returned to his stool

He struggled, just as she struggled

He set his ripped the counter He stared into the flecked green granite He released a heavy sigh, picked up his ain

Her heart strained toward him She suppressed the sensation "You have a lovely hoaze Did she see relief in his eyes because she’dso ordinary? "Thank you," he responded

"I really like the twigged ceilings"

He nodded Sipped

She glanced to her right and had a clear view through a second doorway into the living roo where more branches, stripped bare, were laid side by side "Beautiful texture, unique, especially with the terra-cotta color behind You must love this hoaze to his A wave of cardaainst the nearest kitchen cabinet and took a deep breath Okay She really shouldn’t go there

She tried another subject "Did you know there’s a rack of clothes in my rooood care of you So tell ht, after the attack in Carefree?"

The gum disappeared from the soles of her feet Shethe kitchen to the ranite island She ht, the coffeemaker behind her Her palht then standing in front of a h not much else"

"You passed out from your injury Do you reot hit" She rotated her left ar Only a little muscle ache remains"

"Endelle healed you"

"She was there? The ruler of Second Earth? And she healed ave you a mind-shield that will protect you until about seven to"

"Oh Now I understand I tried to reach out to et far I suppose I should thank her"

"I’m sure you’ll have plenty of opportunity to return the favor"

"She’s the de type?"

"You have no idea"

"Who was theVery s made an appearance, a sudden reminder she’d entered not just a world of dimensions but a vaaze rested on the sharp tips of his incisors Assu she survived this journey, one day she would sport a pair of fangs and … she’dher fangs at Kerrick’s neck The breath she drew sounded like she was dragging air through a fine-rowl She listened harder The warrior with all the gorgeous black hair was growling Because she’d said the otherand muscular? Uh-huh A clear case of caveot to her

He didn’t aze as he sipped his coffee "Thorne He’s Endelle’s right-hand ain, though shifting his gaze this tirowl forht through her chest, weakened all her sto her knees The ser

Wow If she hadn’t been working out she would have dropped to the tile by now

Still, so hi voice she said, "You know, Thorne has a real aura of coed his coffee once

Okay, sohim as she was She’d stop now She looked him up and down and all her desire for hih her like a wildfire He wore jeans that did little to disguise his powerful thighs, and a snug tee aze skated lower, all the way to the floor The man was also barefoot Damn Even his feet were sexy as hell More wire-screen breathing

Her gaze took a turn and shifted to her own shoeless feet A strange dizziness passed through her mind They were alike Oh, no

She sed and spoke quickly, "My head feels fuzzy Is that the shield?"

"Yes"