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His rin full of naked desire "Not nearly as tightly as I want to I’et used to the idea, but letyouyou to a no for an answer"

"Slavery Moht about you You enslave huave an a to too many bedtime stories"

"I knohat you are, Zach You can’t foolher spine and leaned in closer He surrounded her with his heat and his strength, and for the first ti time, she felt safe And totally confused

His mouth was level with hers and she couldn’t help but notice how soft it looked The crazy part of her that had already been brainwashed wanted to kiss hi at her to run away before it was too late

"Just what do you think I am, honey?" he asked

"A killer" Who h she kneas only a trick

"That much is true," he ads I kill"

"Are you saying you only kill the bad humans?"

"Never I would never purposefully hurt a hu as I remain myself"

She wasn’t sure what he meant by that, and she was too distracted by the feel of his warure it out Every time he touched her, it felt better If she wasn’t careful, she’d lose herself Forget her et her car to the co the explosives out of her trunk for fear he’d figure out what they were and ruin their plans

"Re?"

He stared at herabout kissing her And God help her, now she was thinking about it, too

"Soo It’s not safe out here in the open I feel like we’re being watched"

The Defenders She’d nearly forgotten about the sure she did what she’d said she would Making sure they didn’t have to kill her, too They’d warned her about ould happen if she turned on them--if she let the Sentinels brainwash her, too

"Where are we going?" she asked

"Somewhere safe Where we can be alone"

Alone with Zach Alone with his kissable th and te lies

Lexi was so screwed

Jake Morroatched Lexi ride aith the Sentinel, leaving her car and all the carefully prepared explosives behind Dad was not going to be happy

Jake tensed as he waited for his father’s explosion of te when to duck the blows, Jake kneouldn’t be long in coathered in the small house across the street froether, and Jake caught himself before he took an involuntary step back Ever since his sister, Mindy, had been killed by the Sentinels, Dad had been a er a kid to be knocked around at his father’s whirown man and kne to hit back Harder

The men shifted unco and ambitious, the sons of men who had been members of the Defenders of Humanity for years

"Which one of you was responsible for keeping her car running?" asked Hector in a drill sergeant’s boom

The men looked at one another, at a loss for what to say

Jake stepped forward "I changed her oil two days ago If anything rong, it wasit"

Hector’s skin darkened with his fury, and Jake straightened his body to its full height--two inches taller than the ood fifty pounds of muscles heavier Jake was pretty sure his father hadn’t failed to notice

"Our entire plan has gone to hell because you couldn’t keep one lousy car running?"