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"I don't want to emit chemicals There has to be a way for me to control it If you would just let me speak to one of my own kind! We could find those tere outside the wall-"

"Never This is ant! She longed to put hiround, to slide-tackle hiht I couldn't leave the co handprints or whatever"

"We're acquiring a talisman Remember theatalisman? Holy shit! This would be her chance to escape! She knew he could detect any changes in her voice, could hear her heart speeding up Calm yo tits, Chlo "Oh? Is that so?" she said in a bored tone "Wow, you're going to spend that much money on me-and you plan to do business with my kidnappers I hate your world"

"And it hates you"

"Your clan likes h"

With utter confidence, he said, "Because they doona know you"

Bite your tongue "I don't have h private Lore airports"

All she heard was private escape-ports "So when do I get this alleged caaze "Ah, look at the wee succubusplans to flee Your heart races You truly think you can get away fro"

"I have nothing to lose by trying" She gave hiht"

"I should just let you walk out of here with your little hobo stick filled with "

"Yes You should"

"You've been told that the Pravusrape you, and still you seek to leave Mayhap you crave it from them?" He turned and strode away

"Prick!" She lined up two balls Taking aim, she reared back and kicked the first as hard as she could The second followed in quick succession

As planned, the first took him in the back of the head When he spun around, the second nailed him in the testicles

"Whatthefuck?" He gritted his teeth, but re

As others tried to hide their laughter, she shrugged "Penalty"

He bared his fangs at her, stalking off to the sound of Ronan singing the soccer anthem, "Oleeee, ole, ole, oleeee"

Chapter Thirty

Scottish Highlands

With every mile of forest and dirt track closer to Conall, the isolation weighed on Will He druers on the wheel of his new truck

With each mile closer, his future became clearer There would be no other for Chloe It was down to hiusted and aroused by the idea of clai her Never had he felt such conflict within him

She was oblivious to his turer seat Unless seriously weakened, most immortals needed only a few hours a day The food she'd been trying to keep downto sustain her energy or heal her injuries

He tried to concentrate on the road, on the scenery Despite visiting Kinevane, he hadn't been this close to Conall in centuries He'd had no reason to return, otten the beauty of this region Cloud shadows roaiant phanto

He frowned at Chloe She wasBut then, did he care?

Mayhap? Should he wake her up? He decided against it Their daylong journey had only fatigued herChloe a simple silver talisman bracelet, Munro had driven them to the Loreport, where a jet awaited They'd hired a dean strewing at forty thousand feet

Munro had taken each of them aside in turn for a few private words "Have a care with est you inform her what else her talis at a little distance, clearly weighing her chances of escaping She'd fiddled with her new bracelet, having no idea it had a second critical function

Munro's parting words to Will: "Even now, your mate suffers because you deny her You were ill-used in the past, but if you take it out on her, then you becohtear" The villain

Whatever Munro had told Chloe had left her equally shaken

On the plane, she'd scuffed to the back cabin and fallen atop the bed, sleeping forhis body out beside hers Again he'd thought, I' down at my mate So lovely Deceptively delicate -Yours-

Part of hi hiht back But noas too late He knew it as well as he knew his reflection

My soul's been branded Which was yet another way of saying, I have no choice

-Claim her Protect Provide-

He'd been teht there on the plane When he'd scented her renewed arousal and spied her stiffened nipples, he'd trailed his hand down her body to cup her between her legs, fondling her over her jeans She'd woken with a gasp

Her thighs had spread so obediently, and she'd rocked her sex into his pal already?

Then she'd seemed to rouse fully Her knees had slammed shut "Get away fro curse, he'd obliged, pacing the plane for hours Restless, miserable

Even if he wanted to claim her-even if he could-she wouldn't receive him As she'd put it, she was repulsed to see his beast

Sequestered at Conall, she wouldn't have a lot of choices She'd start strewing, and his beast would be helpless not to take her, whether she wanted it or not If he had to hate-fuck his mate to keep her fed, then so be it

They'd landed on a private strip in the Highlands, with a three-hour drive to Conall still ahead of them When Will had picked up his new SUV, she'd frowned "I don't know about you driving What if your beast coot a driver's permit" In a weird voice, she said, " 'He don't even have his license, Lisa' "

"Who's Lisa?"

She'd blinked at him "Weird Science? Never h this thing we youngsters like to call 'electronic e over the river that e of Conall property I'ht, his uneasiness increased

He was returning to the place of his origins with his mate in tow A , sporting a bruised face, and suffering the effects of s, and all the belongings she had in the world hadn't filled it