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"Do what, honey?"

Lexi wrapped her fingers around his wrist Her hands were s She tried to tug his hand away, but Zach didn’t budge

"I can’t let you seduce ood together I’ll ret it"

She closed her eyes and shook her head "No"

Zach leaned over her and put his mouth near her ear "Oh, yes You and I were made for each other The sooner you accept that, the more time I’ll have to make you come You want that, don’t you?" He punctuated the question with a pulse of energy so powerful he could hear it crackle

"Oh God" She bit her botto faster beneath his hand

"Stop fighting ood it can be for us" He slid his tongue along the curve of her ear, o"

"II have to pee"

It was an escape tactic and he knew it He should have known she wasn’t going to rudgingly backed away Lexi fled his ar as she headed for the bathroo to just keep on aching

He’d almost had her He was sure of it He’d felt her resolve cru In fact, he was amazed that she’d been able to walk away He sure as hell wasn’t walking anywhere for a while Not until he got himself under control

The toilet flushed, the faucet turned on and off again and yet she still didn’t cohed Apparently, their chase was not yet over Part of hi her, but the rest of hio on

He rubbed his chest The single leaf on his lifemark had withered

He stood in front of the door and crossed his arms over his chest There was noin there No way out but the one she went in

She couldn’t stay in there forever, and when she ca

Lexi pressed the wet cloth over her face, hoping it would cool her fevered skin

What the hell had she been thinking, letting him touch her like that? Was she insane?

Yes Without question She was totally certifiable

She scrubbed viciously at her ear, trying to rub away the feel of his hot tongue gliding over her skin Just the h she had to lock the on her was potent stuff She wasn’t sure how she was going to be able to resist hih to rescue Helen, but she had to find a way

The Defenders had warned her this would be hard, but until now, she’d figured they just didn’t know her very well Because she was s but

Except where Zach was concerned

Lexi growled in frustration, turned on the cold water and dunked her head under the faucet The chill drove the breath fro Zach had filled it with

She had to think Come up with a plan It wasn’t like she had to resist hiet them to the compound The Defenders were sure it was soo with Zach Maybe a day’s drive

Just one day She could keep his tongue off her ears--or her anywhere else--for that long

"Need soh the door

Even his voicehi her ears And she definitely needed more clothes on The less bare skin she had for him to touch, the better

"Go away," she told hiet you?"

Some dry panties sounded nice, but she wasn’t about to tell hiht back"

He wasn’t gone nearly long enough before she heard his hard knuckles tapping on the door "Here you go"

"Just leave it outside the door"

Sultry a to eat you all up?"

Only if she was really lucky It had been way too long since she’d been with aher just howand licking her was enough to rabbed the sink to steady herself against the barrage of iet her naked, she’d feel like the luckiest woht up to the point where he killed her

"Screw you," she said, but it ca more like a feeble question than an insult

"Anything you want Just open the door and leave the rest to me"

"Not ever, Zach"

His voice dropped low so she had to strain to hear it "It’s just a ht s will be"

Yeah, he and all his buddies were going to be little pulpy bits of flesh staining the landscape