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He leaned forward until they were nose to nose "It feels a lot more personal than just a job"

For a breathlesshis body clench with anticipation Oh, hell yes Then, just as swiftly, the glione

"Get over yourself"

"I’d rather be over you"

"Back Off"

Ariyal shivered at the sharp chill that suddenly blasted through the air

Da in lust and the next she could give a fire pixie frostbite

"Fine" He stepped back, his sht with annoyance "I hope you’re colance skimold and ivory

"Where is here?"

"Avalon"

She hissed in shock "Ierous word"

"The ance remained, but there was a hint of wariness in her eyes "Unless they were destroyed by the death of Morgana le Fey?"

His lips twisted in a humorless smile "They survived, but I didn’t waste centuries as the bitch’s sex slave just looking beautiful I discovered a secret exit centuries ago"

She studied hirimace A hunter had any nuer and faster than the average vampire, as well as able to shroud themselves so deeply in shadows that they were all but invisible

More i lie detectors Supposedly no demon could deceive them

Like he needed that kind of headache

Christ He should have left her in Siberia

"If you kne to escape the island then why didn’t you?" she demanded

"Because I couldn’t rescue uards"

"So you stayed?"

He frowned, puzzled by her curiosity "I wasn’t leaving them behind Does that surprise you?"

An unreadable emotion rippled over her beautiful face before it iftly wiped away

"Sylverenerous hearts or noble natures As Tearloch proved" Ariyal couldn’t argue

Sylver, well-earned reputation for their cruel natures and lust for violence, but he’d be dae hi he’d sacrificed to save his people

"He’s frightened and … confused," he admitted "Once I track him down I’ll convince him of the error of his ways"

"You mean, he’ll do as you want or you’ll kill him?"

"Ah, you understand me so well, pet"

"I understand that you’re a bastard who is out to save your oorthless skin," she charged

"Good Then I don’t have to convince you that I will happily leave you here to rot unless you agree to do exactly as I say"

A frigid smile curved her lips "Don’t be a moron If I disappear the Anasso will send out a dozen warriors to search for me"

"He can send out a hundred if he wants They’ll never be able to sense you behind the ining the pleasure they could bring a noring the danger "Face it, pet, they already assume you’re dead"

"Then they’ll hunt you down and execute you There’s nowhere you can go they won’t find you"

He grasped her chin, staring down at the eyes that had lost their ice to flash with indigo fire His gut twisted with need

"I spent centuries in the hareana le Fey Leeches don’t scare me"

"What does scare you?"

"This …"

Ignoring the fangs that could rip out his throat with one swipe, not to h solid concrete, Ariyal leaned forward and claimed her mouth in a kiss of pure possession

Mine…