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But was she willing to try, if he was?

Shutting her eyes, she turned herself over to her sex de away froive him the chance to decide he liked so ti been in a relationship, a real one, h all the adolescent feelings she’d never had a chance to experience? If that was the case, she’d just cut her own throat now and save herself the hu too da?"

"Actually, we’ve said a couple things to you," Li said "You’ve been lost in your head"

More than that, the rest of her dozen staff had arrived So their feet into the water’s flow Saul was lounging on one of the tanning chairs

"I’ up to stroke Li’s face "Are all of you all right? I know it’s been a bit unsettling, having a Dark Guardian a us"

"We’re fine He’s not so bad We’ve all dealt with scary evil before He’s scary…predictable He tells you his rules, and he doesn’t change them"

"So you don’t think he’s evil?"

"No" Gina looked puzzled that she’d even asked "You wouldn’t have anything to do with him if he was Unless you had to pretend to protect us You don’t act like you’re pretending"

Just that si is no one knows," Li teased "And Raina can convince anyone of anything"

Aot how much she enjoyed her staff "So what do you think, Li? A is when you were acting like you didn’t want his" Raina pressed her lips together "I do like hi he wanted to take, though, he could have already done it and been gone"

"Except what he wants is you"

She lifted her gaze to Saul He’d brought the softening oil they all used toto their clients Li shifted out of the way so he could apply it They knew she liked Saul’s entle hands She wondered what kind of e He wouldn’t want one froood his hands were Her lips curved at the thought One thing she didn’t get fro reed "You can tell" She sat on the edge of the pool, her feet in the water "He wants you"

"It’s an intense affair; that’s all He’ll move on eventually I’ll enjoy hi on Whichyourself You want him, too Youthe arch in a way that had her eyes crossing "Your aura has gone into full blood- mode"

Oh, hell "It’s a misfire" But as soon as he’d left, a heavy ache had developed in her chest, a sense of loss strong enough to be painful She’d rationalized it, tried to push it off, but it didn’t change the throbbing agony behind her breast bone It was even projecting off her skin where an incubus could see, because the males could detect when the females had chosen a mate Succubi didn’t usually do that, or if they did, it was teht be different

"It doesn’t uided her to the salt spring She closed her eyes, laid her head back on the edge so Min could rub her temples with eucalyptus and lavender "He’s a Dark Guardian Would you all really want hi around?"

"He says he doesn’t pursue de harm I believe him" This from Ana "He is scary, but he doesn’t lie"