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"Wait" He grabbed her wrist "You’re holding it too tight Relax" He loosened her fingers

Tingles spread froers and up her aran to pound

His eyes o and stepped back "Throw Throw it hard Turn Igor into dust"

"Okay" She reared back, then threw the knife hard It arched in the air, then pluor She winced "Imissed"

Carlos was silent a moment "Is that as hard as you can throw?"

"I don’t really know I stopped throwing things at people when I o"

He retrieved another knife froave it all she had, but the knife clattered onto the floor a few inches froth," he muttered "Do you ever do push-ups?"

She gave hi sexier than a Wonder Bra"

His gaze dipped briefly to her breasts and his jaw ticked "Come on" He motioned for her to follow as he strode toward the fallen knives He picked theain" He stepped back

She flung the knife It spun nicely toward Igor but hit his chest with the handle and clanged to the floor

"Not bad" He handed her the second knife "Put h!" She threw the knife with every bit of strength she could or, and thwack! "I did it!" She turned to Carlos, grinning

The stunned look on his face ave her a wary look "I’or and yanked the knife out of his groin

"I really was ai at his chest"

Carlos snorted, then picked the second knife off the floor "I was going to do fencing next, but I can guess how that would end"

She frowned "It’s not a big deal It’s not like Igor needs his equipainst"And I definitely need my equipment"

Her heartbeat raced as he came closer and closer He stopped just an inch away from her

"Down on the floor," he whispered

Chapter Twelve

He was playing with fire but couldn’t resist She looked so da bare legs, and her tight little T-shirt that moved with every breath she took Her face was flushed with exertion And so heavy in the narrow space between thenet He’dher It had taken all his strength to step back and resist takingherself to her knees in front of hihtened as she reached eye level with his white karate pants Merda, as he torturing himself? He wanted her She wanted hiht If the daht have succumbed

Froripped with a desperate desire, and it was only getting worse with each day Take her On the floor Now

He clutched his hands into fists It rong He couldn’t take pleasure fro with her His future had been decided long ago during the Suritted his teeth "Give lanced warily at his pants "You roin, causing him to swell He stepped back "Twenty push-ups"

"Oh" She made a face "There’s no way I can do twenty of those"

"Then you need to do them every day until you can" He motioned with his hand "Come on Get started"

"Okay" She balanced herself on her hands and toes with her arht She bent her elbows and descended toward the floor Halfway there her arms shook and she collapsed onto the floor "Okay, that’s one"

"One-half," heit on your knees"

She snorted "I bet you say that to all the girls" With a groan, she lifted herself up

"Your body shouldyour ruht slap

"Hey!" She glared at him over her shoulder Before she turned away, a leamed in her eyes She collapsed onto the floor "That’s two"

"One and a half And you’re supposed to control your descent"

She lifted herself up again, pushing back to stick her rulanced at hihty little minx "You want to be spanked?"

Her roaned "You can finish on your own later"

"My life story," sheposition

He clenched his fists to keep fro with fire He needed to stick to business

"I’d better check on the Vamps" He strode toward the base "I have to check on them every few hours to ?" She followed hi the day?"

"Yes" He flipped on the lights "This is just a precaution"

"In case of what? Can they grow es to sneak into the house undetected to do thee room It was mostly empty now, just a fein-sized beds "When I first started working here, there were a few Highlander guards, and they slept in coffins down here"

"You’re kidding"

"No" He walked toward Phineas’s bed "Angus had the coffins removed If anyone in law enforcement was to present us with a search warrant, the coffins would have been hard to explain"

"So would the dead bodies" She glanced curiously at Phineas "He looks like he’s sleeping"

The young Va over the edge

Caitlyn giggled as she drew closer "Look at his boxer shorts They’re perfect for a Love Doctor"

Carlos frowned at the white satin shorts with red hearts His frown deepened when he realized Caitlyn was openly studying the half-naked Varabbed the sheet at the bottom of the bed and covered Phineas up

Her ht catch his death of cold Does he have a girlfriend?"