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She dressed in a lacy red halter and her favorite skinny jeans and drove into town Only reason she owned a car was because it ave her away Though her arid wind didn’t bother her Chilled her, yes, but that she could deal with She wanted Lysander to see as much of her as possible
She parked in front of The Moose Lodge, a local diner, and strode to the front door Because it was so early and so cold, no one was nearby A few streetlamps illuminated her, but she wasn’t worried She unlocked the door--she’d stolen the key froo--and disabled the alarerator, grabbed a fork and dug in while walking to her favorite booth She’d done this a thousand times before
Come out, come out, wherever you are He wouldn’t have just left her to her evil ithout thinking to protect the world froht? She wished she could feel him, at least sense hiht sky scent But as she breathed deeply, she sar Still She hadn’t sensed him when he’d snatched her from mid-free fall, so it stood to reason she wouldn’t sense him now
Once the pie was polished off, the pan discarded and her fork licked clean, she filled a cup with Dr Pepper She placed a few quarters in the old jukebox and soon an erratic beat was echoing fro her hips forward and back, arching, sliding around, hands roving over her entire body
For a ht she felt hot hands replace her own, exploring her breasts, her stos envelop her, closing her in She stilled, heart dru in her chest So badly she wanted to say his name, but she didn’t want to scare hi of being surrounded evaporated co what else to do, she exited the diner the sah the front door, as if she hadn’t a care That door sla the walls
"You should lock up after yourself"
He was here; he’d been watching She’d known it! Trying not to grin, she spun around to face Lysander The sight of him stole her breath He was as beautiful as she remembered His pale hair whipped in the wind, little snow crystals flying around hi But his dark eyes were not blank, as when she’d first met him They were as turbulent as an ocean--just as they’d been when she’d left hiht I told you to stay away frory rather than aroused
He frowned "And I told you to behave Yet here you are, full of stolen pie"
"What do you want me to do? Return it?"
"Don’t be crass I want you to pay for it"
"Moment I do, I’ll start to vomit" She crossed her arms over her middle Close the distance Kiss me "That would ruin my lipstick, so I have to decline"
He, too, crossed his arms over his middle "You can also earn your food"
"Yeah, but where’s the fun in that?"
A ritted out
"No" No sexual boundaries, either So freaking kiss me already! "I don’t"
He popped his jaw in frustration and disappeared
Bianka’s arazed around in astonish her? Bastard! She stomped to her car
LYSANDER WATCHED AS Bianka drove away He was hard as a rock, had been that way since she’d paraded around her cabin naked, had lingered in a bubble bath and then changed into that wicked shirt His shaft was desperate for her
Why couldn’t she be an angel? Why couldn’t she abhor sin? Why did she have to es--steal, curse, lie--still exciting his, he supposed, and had been since the beginning of tied you, s you shouldn’t
There had to be a way to end this madness He couldn’t destroy her, he’d already proven that But what if he could change her? He hadn’t truly tried before, so it could work And if she eether He could have her Have ht Yes He would help her become a woman he could be proud to walk beside A woman he could happily claim as his own A woman ould not be his downfall
CHAPTER NINE
AS LYSANDER HAD NEVER had a…girlfriend, as the humans would say, he had no idea how to train one He knew only how to train his soldiers Without e personally His soldiers, however, wanted to learn They were eager, his every elcomed Bianka would resist him at every turn That much he knew
So The first day, he followed her, siShe, of course, stole every meal, even snacks, drank too much at a bar, danced too closely with a man she obviously did not know, then broke that man’s nose when he cupped her bottoe of his own, but restrained himself Barely At bedti his name Not for adown her back Red lips pursed Skin glowing like a rainbow in the ht So badly he wanted to touch her, to surround her with his wings,them the only two people alive, and siiven him release, yet he had not done the saht about that--and think about it he did, all the tiht about it, in fact, the more e her release, but he illing to try, to learn First, though, he had to train her as planned How, though? he wondered again She seemed to respond well to his kisses--his chest puffed up with pride at that He’d never rewarded his soldiers for a job well done, but perhaps he could do so for Bianka Reward her with a kiss every time she pleased him
A failproof plan He hoped
The second day, he was practically hu store and stuffed a beaded scarf into her purse, he aze lifting and rinned "Fancyyou here"
"Put that back," he told her "You do not need to steal clothing to survive"
She crossed her arms over her middle, a stubborn stance he kneell "Yeah, but it’s fun"