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Suddenly, Duncan went low, digging his shoulder into Miguel’s gut and plowing over and under He tossed Miguel over his back and sent hiuel landed with a hard crack of wood, despite the heavyback as the two of theht boxers with no survival instincts Fists clenched, they exchanged blow after blow until they were both bloody, until Miguel suddenly grabbed Duncan’s ar hi blood, fangs glea steps and flew into the air, his feet hitting Miguel’s chest in a one, two, three pattern that sent the dark-haired va backwards to land flat on thefor a va like a lunatic

"You’ve been practicing, old ain

"That’s lord oldlazy," Duncan taunted

"Words are cheap, h

He was still laughing when he happened to glance over and caught sight of Euel, then tilted his head slightly as he took in the unlikely sight of Eh heels He grinned at her, his hard i pants hanging low on narrow hips to reveal a hard, flat abdo of roin

E oddly in her chest She wanted And if the hunger on Duncan’s face was anything to go by, he wanted her right back

Or ry As in blood She watched warily as Duncan prowled over to her, his hips rolling bonelessly like a big cat’s, his gaze raking up and down her for on her face with a lazy, slow blink of his eyes

"Emma" His voice was a seductive purr that turned her naht herself, refusing to give hi he’d rattled her "Hey," she said, pleased by how normal her voice sounded "You wanted me here an hour after sunset Here I a to scan her figure once "

"Oh Well, thanks" It was such a Southern gentle learned in cotillion class E polite Although, polite wasn’t the word she’d have used to describe the way he was looking at her No, nothing polite about that at all

"I brought clothes to change into," she told hiainif she’d ever had it in the first place "I wore these to the burial this enuine dismay crossed Duncan’s face, and he took a sudden step closer, brushing the backs of his fingers down her cheek "Forgive htless How are you?"

E body, inhaling the clean, masculine scent of his sweat He was so close and her heels were so high that if she raised up the tiniest bit, their lips would touch "I’m fine," she whispered "Mister Pettry was very kind"

"If you need more time, this can wait You needn’t--"

"No," she said i off the rest of his words "I want to do this I need to do this"

His full lips curved slightly, and she thought she saw so like respect in his eyes "Very well," he said "Louis will show you to a rooe"

He looked beyond her to where the other vauests rooms, Louis, with a bath You know better than I do what’s available And then get Ms Duquet set up in the security center with the headshots and a computer Phoebe will be by later to ith her"

"Yes,away frouel tossed at him He rubbed it over his face and neck, and she noticed a very slight pink tinge to his sweat