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"If you’ll stop being catty," Carlos grumbled "Sorry" She patted hi ornery She was just so disappointed about not seeing Ian It would be a long, long tio check on him "Is he on the fifth floor?"
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"Yes" Howard finished his cup of tea With extra honey, no doubt "What do you say, Carlos? Are you up to a ht"
"You’re on" Carlos and Howard headed down the base cli a bit heavily by the time she reached the fifth-floor office The room was dark, the aluminum shutters closed An empty blood bottle sat in the sink at the wet bar Ianto bed
She opened the double doors leading into the bedrooht spilled froht on Shame on you" She approached the left side of the bed
Ian was lying there in his white T-shirt and plaid flannel pajama bottoms He’d folded back the tan suede comforter to lie on the cool cotton sheets His black hair was loose fro and made a dramatic contrast to the white pillowcase
He was in the usual position he assu feet pointed to the ceiling, hands clasped neatly over his flat stomach He’d probably learned this position fro in a coffin
Toni did a double take to the area below his clasped hands There was a definite bulge in his pajarief, he’d fallen into his death-sleep with a hard-on Was it possible for a stiff to be that stiff?
She straightened with a deep breath "Naughty boy," she whispered and glanced at his handso jaw His black eyelashes were so thick She would hate him if she didn’t love him so much She reached out to touch the cute dimple in his chin
His eyes suddenly opened She juasped
"Surprise" He seized her by the arms and rolled her onto the bed
Chapter Twenty-four
He’d certainly surprised her She lay on the bed, her bonnie mouth dropped open He rolled onto
his side to face her and propped himself up on an elbow
"You--you’re not dead," she whispered
He s? The Stay-Awake drug?"
"Aye I knohere it’s hidden"
She sat up "But Ian, it ed one shoulder "So I’ll look twenty-eight instead of twenty- seven"
Her e a year?"
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"To spend a day with you, aye"
"That’s so sweet" She stretched out, facing him "But are you sure you should be sweet? I uys are asleep"
His smile widened She was as hter them while they’re unable to defend themselves?"
She winced "I realize it’s not a very honorable thing to do, but they would do it to you in a second"
"Aye, they would, so we’ll have to " He reached out to brush a tendril of damp hair off her cheek "Actually, I would be tempted to kill them all and be done with thistheh-powered assault rifles"
"Oh" She made a face "That would be nasty"
"Aye, verra nasty Ever since Roilant" He trailed a finger along the line of her jaw "And then there’s the probleuess we’ll have to stay inside"
"Aye" He skiuess we could think of solanced at his paja ahead of me"
He smiled wryly "A man should never be unprepared"
It was true that while he lay in bed, waiting for her to arrive, he’d grown aroused just thinking aboutred now A red tint shaded the roo Toni’s skin look pink and ripe with blood It would be a challenge to keep control He’d purposely filled up with synthetic blood to make it easier
The way she’d looked at him when he’d unleashed all his Vamp power in Dr Proctor’s library-- that had stretched his control to theHe’d smelled the scent of her arousal He’d wanted to leap on her and sink his fangs into her neck
His gu his eyes shut Control He didn’t dare make love to her if he couldn’t control hiht?" she whispered
"I doona want to influence you in any way If ye stay in my bed, it should be yer decision But know that I willon that" Her voice soundedsoft fell on his face
He brushed it aside and opened his eyes There was a navy polo shirt in his hand Her shirt She sat beside hi her bra straps off her shoulders The heart pendant he’d given her was nestled between her breasts
"Are ye certain?"
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"Do I look uncertain?" She flung her bra on the floor