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He swore as hunger sla force He hadn’t lied when he said he’d fed before entering the cabin in Hannibal, but just having this fe

For blood and so much more

"I could release you, Laylah," he whispered against her lips

With enough force to crack a rib she shoved hi to her feet with an expression of panic

Not that he entirely blamed her

He wasn’t sure that he shouldn’t be doing his own share of panicking

He never let his cock rule his head Not any to suspect that with the proper incentive this woman could make him sacrifice his own sanity to complete what he just started

"Great, then I’ll be on my way Don’t bother to write …"

He flowed to his feet, wrapping his arms around her slender body to prevent her escape

"And where would you go?"

"Anywhere that’s not here"

He cupped her chin, forcing her face up to aze "Caine’s lair is now in the hands of Salvatore"

She bit her lip, atte to pretend that she wasn’t shaken by his words

"You don’t know that for sure"

He didn’t, of course But, when he’d left Salvatore in the tunnel with his curs and the aggravating gargoyle, the King of Weres was foaet his claws into Caine so he could rip out his heart

And when a furious Were decided to rip out a heart, there were few things that could stop him

"A cur is no match for a full-blooded Were Especially when that Were happens to be the King By now Caine is dead and the rest of the curs are being punished for their treachery" His hands instinctively ski curve of her hips "The et near the lair you’ll be captured"

Distracted by his acute pleasure in having her pressed so tightly against him, Tane was unprepared when she sucked in a sharp breath, her eyes darkening with horror

Shoving out of his arether in the universal sign of pleading

"Please, I beg of you," she whispered "Let o"

Chapter 2

It wasn’t the first ti into an art forei Krakov’s brutal care

What the hell did pride matter when the safety of a helpless child was at stake?

"Tane …"

He brought an abrupt end to her plea as he grabbed her arainst his body as he whispered directly in her ear

"Ssh, er alone"

Laylah stiffened She’d been so distracted by Tane she’d failed to notice the unmistakable scent that filled the air

"Vampires" Her eyes narrowed "Friends of yours?"

His i his lips

"I don’t have friends"

"Jeez," sheof syh her heart She was painfully fah the world without a soul to care if she was alive or dead It sucked "I can’t i her, Tane stepped back to stab her with a warning glare "And Laylah, when I say stay here I mean stay here Most ofyou over to the Coaze slid down her slender body exposed by her shorts and tiny, tiny top "They’ll see you as a beautiful feers"

With fluid grace he had the large dagger in his hand and was gliding silently into the tunnel

Left alone, Laylah scrubbed her hand through her hair and tried to concentrate

The food helped her to regain a portion of her strength, but she was still weary Which meant her poould be unpredictable

A very bad thing since they weren’t exactly stable under the best of circumstances

Did she dare shadoalk?

The talent of ift froh she’d discovered the ability quite by accident She would never forget her terror of suddenly being surrounded in the reater terror when she’dto discover she’d traveled halfway around the world