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Emma jerked in surprise "Sure," she said immediately "I lanced around, then leaned to one side, looking past hi books
Oddly, the blond didn’t seem to knohere to put her while he went to check on the new auy An unwelco the way he was dressed and his total fitness and general hunkiness, orgeous guys gay?
The blond suddenly grinned, as if he knehat she was thinking "You can wait in--"
Fast, heavy footsteps thudded from somewhere deep in the house moments before a dark-hairedincredibly fast, he did a standing slide and stopped in front of the blond like a runner into houel," the blond interrupted "This young lady" He turned to look at her "I’et your name"
"Oh No, I’m sorry," she said quickly "I should have introduced myself Emma Duquet" She stepped forward and held out her hand
The blond carefully took her hand into his, as if afraid he’d crush it And maybe he could have, because his hands were just like the rest of hiers Hard, too, not soft and pillowy like so ers curled around hers and he squeezed gently, his grip lingering a touch longer than would have been perfectly polite But who cared about polite? Eay after all
"I’uel"
No last names for either of theh she was pretty sure neither one of these guys was a vampire Not that she knehat a va But these two lookedready for a party than all-powerful uel in turn, but he only stared at it suspiciously and stepped between her and Duncan as if she had a disease or souel"
The dark-haired ave Duncan a surprised look
"The alancing her ith a quick there-and-gone s his whole hairline along for the ride
"If you’ll , "I’ll see to the ambassador"
Euel had coraceful cat, the way professional athletes moved, as if every muscle was in tune with all the others And such a pleasure to watch, too
"This way," Miguel said, interrupting her ad when she looked back at hiuel didn’t seem to like her for some reason No, it was h Emma didn’t look for anyone’s approval but her own And she sure as hell hadn’t clawed her way through college and law school in order to worry about what soht about her Besides, she wasn’t here to make friends
"Thanks," she said, and strolled confidently into the library as if she owned the place
"Have a seat," Miguel said,it sound more like an order than an invitation
"I’ll stand," Emma said She actually would rather have sat, but she wouldn’t give hiuel’s frown deepened He scanned the rooht sneak into her pockets on the way out Eave him a droll look For God’s sake, this was obviously intended to be a waiting room for visitors Look how close it was to the front door! If they were going to hide the e to be in this room, was it? Get a clue!
"Sure," he said finally "I’ll be nearby"
Emma smiled "Fine"
Duncan stripped off the co, albeit not without a regretful sigh The confrontation with Victor had been less than twenty-four hours ago, and he’d hoped for at least a few days of privacy before the outside world intruded They were still working on security, still searching every inch of this huge house for eavesdropping devices, hidden cameras, concealed doors and escape routes It would be easier once the rest of Duncan’s tea else, it would beSeveral of Raphael’s va, but he’d taken only a few and only the ones with a deep security background Everything else could be taken care of later, but the first order of business had to be le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>