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"Three vampires did this to her, but only one turned her Lift her up, gently" Daegan stripped off his black duster Gideon slid his aret the coat beneath her, wrap her up An unconscious person, or partly conscious, was usually deadweight, but she seeht pass through his fingers if he dared to hold her as tightly as he wished But when he detected her unique scent, that fading fragrance, hidden deep beneath the stink of blood and pain, it was an effort not to crush her to his chest Hold her in the shelter of his body and say,I’m sorry , over and over, like her plea to stop It didn’t change anything, but it was always an involuntary coht be heard, and the clock would turn back and all would be right again

He helped Daegan get the coat securely around her, bringing war, battered body

Her eyes continued to watch theht disappear

"Be easy," Gideonanywhere I swear it" He thought she tightened her hand, a san to lift her together When they straightened, Gideon didn’t let go, but neither did the vaether in the alley, squared off like coles that allowed thean gave Gideon a hard stare "You have known her one night, Gideon Green She has been mine for five years"

"If she was yours, she never would have been in this alley alone," Gideon retorted "You would have been in her head and known--"

Anwyn h her abused body She shifted, turning rip on Gideon’s shirt and didn’t let go

"Fuck it, fine"Jesus Sliding his aran had her Carefully disengaging her hand, he folded it against her abdo her closer to the shelter of his body Leaving Gideon out in the cold, it had hi his hands at the loss

What the hell was thelike a kid being robbed of a favorite toy by the school bully

"I’ll get the doors and clear a path," he said shortly "Most ian said, his gri "It’s not But ill tend to her first and then handle the an did have a cell phone, and he used it to call Jah an isolated maintenance entrance, not the kitchens After the uilt they were all feeling, then his shock when Daegan let hi an ambulance, they headed for Anwyn’s private quarters, which were at the lowest level of Atlantis

Gideon had learned on his first visit that the underground portion of Atlantis had been a parking garage

There’d apparently been two levels While the upper one had been converted into the extreround he’d experienced, the bottom level was Anwyn’s ho area for Atlantis, too, a rectangle of slass that could be seen from the streets Because it was smaller than the floor below it, and trees could be seen at the right angle, he suspected there was an outdoor area up there for sunning, perhaps a roof garden or even a pool Maybe she’d spent ti a vaain She hadn’t even had a chance to say good-bye to the sun

The di had an array of equipe for the BDSM club that offered everything to its clients Beyond the extra chairs and booths, there were cases of che the toys and equip for oiling Restraints hung on pegs on the wall and there was the occasional whipping bench or St Andrew’s cross in need of repair

Janal to halt and wait in silence, and left thean had made it clear no one could see her like this Questions would certainly be tricky at this point, but Gideon wondered if it was ry at her, threatened her once or twice, but he would have cut off his own hands before he crossed the line and done anything to breakwhatever it was that had drawn hian, too, didn’t want anyone to see her in this state, as less than what she truly was

"It’s clear," Ja to hold the door open for theh here, and take the accounting office corridor to her elevator No one will be there this early in the an incline his head in acknowledgment He and James held open the double doors so the vah Anwyn’s hair drifted across Gideon’s forearan’s chest He hoped she’d passed out, wasn’t worrying about anything right now Her hands were curved over her breasts, like a baby trying to sleep in the wole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>