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Just after she&039;d somehow stuffed her swollen, pulpy feet back into her boots, she spied a blur ofhad landed a couple of feet away, and it wasn&039;tirritably, she leaned over
Sightless eyes stared up at her She scra off the stuhouls fro fro through the e form on the cliff above her The demon
Why would he do this? Was it sonited,with you?" She leapt to her feet, ripping open every re blister on them I am so over this!
She was exhausted and battered, her te to pound Her feet felt like someone had poured acid on thee of healing "That sli demon!"
The last twenty-four hours had been the worst of her entire life And he was going to keep at her? "You think a decapitated head will scareyou? Your &039;attentions&039;?"
She snatched a softball-sized rock frorunt "I&039;ve had stalkers before, you asshole!" Soled Mari&039;s cat, leaving it on the front porch at Andoain Mari had tried to resurrect the poor animal, but the process had devolved into Pet Seer ca"
To make Mari feel better, Carrow had cursed the stalker to fall in love - with cacti
When I get ht et the was just asvey
No, she wasn&039;t there yet, wasn&039;t ready to accept Slaine&039;s "claim" There had to be another way to save Ruby
Carrow listened for a response, heard nothing "Whatever you&039;re going to do, do - it - now!"
Again, no reply As long as she was utterly vulnerable, onize the ave a start when he dropped down just before her, crouching beside the head She braced for another assault, but he
His eyes were blue, not an enraged black Instead of the ence burning in thee
No imminent attack? Could she be so lucky? She let out a shaky breath Maybe he&039;d just wigged out because of his va?
Able to see him more clearly now, she surveyed his appearance He&039;d braided some hanks of his hair as warriors did in olden tiood deal of his face His hair and horns were so sand-coated, she couldn&039;t deter with darkish for both
There were bands of so her of the cae the special-ops boys used on missions Maybe that hy the veht?
His jaw and chin carried stubble that couldn&039;t decide if it wanted to be a beard or not She wished she could see his face clean-shaven - or hey, just clean His nose was crooked, probably froht It made hiaze dipped to his s For sos made Carrow think of the wo bitten
On the whole, she didn&039;t believe Slaine was hideous, but he wasn&039;t hot by any aze dipped She grudgingly adnificent
While his hips were narrow, his shoulders were broad, real doorreckers His chiseled torso was a es, one lean side inked with that flaring black tattoo The worn leather of his pants encased hs, and dark leather cuffs circled his brawny forearms and wrists
She noticed his chainmail and chest had been cut in several new places - and that his left nipple was pierced with a sly, she found that aspect of the dirty de about him from the neck doas
Her breaths a thread shallower, she aze, then tilted her head His eyes really were an arresting shade of blue
Just when she was about to dee semi-handsome about him, he shoved the head at her and it rolled to her feet
"Really Really? You crazy - ass - de her head as he rose to his full, towering height
He held out his hand, palht he&039;d said, My female, come Ah, Hekate, he wanted his female, his mate - to claim She sed He would consider her his property A warrior like him, in a world like thissoon, he&039;d just dispense with the chitchat and take what he wanted "You ju just like last night"
His gaze was intent on her face, but not in an ad her next move
Which he could never discernbecause she had no idea what she would do Ideas surfaced and resurfaced, decisions and plays analyzed and discarded
Was the de herself and Ruby home?
He was brutal in all ways He&039;d thrown a freaking head at her He&039;d bitten her, gorging himself on her blood
Could Carrow actually surrender herself to hiht before when he&039;d been in the throes, he&039;d broken her wrist in seconds
The idea of her body naked and defenseless for his use sent chills through her Chills of fear Only fear
There had to be another way to save Ruby without getting herselfher, she pivoted to keep hiht be another option besides Slaine She&039;d "uickly encountered other denizens of this plane - perhaps ang? She was on a hell plane with knowledge about a scheduled opening into a relative heaven - maybe she could tempt some demons to join her "uest
She could tell the them lots in the burbs Have you dreamed of a better life with your own backyard?
The Order wanted her back at the portal with the ve demons heaven-bent on a new life in paradise We can take over the portal, the entire facility!
If there was one thing Carrow excelled at, it was creating chaos She would figure out a way to lose this freak for now, then give herself a day to find other de iain "Alton, ara!"
"Come, female?" She crossed her aro with you when you tore et that you, you nutted on me?"
She knew he couldn&039;t understand her words, but it felt good to vent "Remeroan as he&039;d had his orgasm - "I was all like" - she whimpered and cradled her hand "Do you understand ht
"So just stay the hell away frolow in her palms
He snarled at them
"I&039;htened her shoulders and raised her chin
His growl faded and he frowned, taken aback by her reaction
Standoff Then he er