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Stay down Don’t risk being seen Stay covered

Definitely stay covered

A the wheel cover and keep froh to realize what had happened and to reun How long had passed? It was nearly three in the hts frolass, casting odd shadows around her

Nearly three It had been just after seven when she had closed her door on the trick-or-treaters Seven hours In seven hours her life had changed so drastically she was certain she could never right it again She shuddered at the thought of it Not in distaste She wished it were in distaste, it would make it easier It would ease the tears that slid silently down her face and the ache that lay heavy in her heart What had she done? How had it happened? And as she still being tortured with the need for er, Simon?" Kiowa snapped from beside her, his voice harsh as he demanded the answer

"A little over an hour," Simon answered back "Callan has one of the new cabins ready They’re gathering intel now We should have soet there"

"Sinclair there?" His voice was a raspy growl He was pissed Good, so was she

"He’s flying in with Elizabeth and Cassie now He should be there just ahead of us"

She could feel the tension filling the Jeep now Between her and Kiowa The et

Could he tell? she wondered Did he sense the building arousal? Just what she needed The son of a bitch didn’t just drug her with some kind of weird animal aphrodisiac, but he could sense the effect of it

"Dash Sinclair is in on this?" She spoke up then, stilling the tears as anger washed over her She had hter Cassie was a sweet, if odd little child They had s the , Ms Marion, but protecting your hide," Si out bad, I admit, but we did our best"

"Your best sucks," she informed him furiously "They’ll find ht If the Breeds thought they had trouble before, it would be nothing co down on theone first," Kiowa snapped "The five men I took out behind your house disappeared, Manda And they didn’t walk away Your security detail is still sleeping peacefully and breathing For the one"

She blinked back at him She remembered Tammy Brock then, her nervousness, her request to use the bathroom How had they convinced Tanored the back door indicator light as they had? At no time was she supposed to use that door after dark She never had

"The security detail was helping them," she whispered in shock "They had to be Tammy deactivated the alarm on the back door when she went to the bathroouards would have warned theht want to consider keeping her" Si

Bastard

"Why would they do that?" She shook her head, refusing to turn and even glance at Kiowa If she looked at hioner "I can almost understand Tauards help?"

"Well, that’s one we’re trying to figure out," Simon answered her "Who’s this Tammy person anyway?"

She quickly explained what had occurred with Kylie’sthat the alarm had been deactivated As she spoke, she had to forcibly push back the building awareness of the er It was like a de the hard thrust of his cock, the white-hot release of his semen

"Rumor drifted in that the hit would be made just after Dash made contact with the Feline Breeds,"

Stephanie revealed, her voice soft, obviously less antagonistic than the two chest-beaters sharing the vehicle with theether a plan to protect you when his wife, Elizabeth, went into labor As soon as they were able to travel, Dash met with your father He didn’t seem to take the threats seriously"

A then Neither her brother nor her father had taken a threat against her seriously? They hadn’t even told her?

"You’re lying," she whispered then "My parents wouldn’t risk ood detail on you," Kiowa assured her "The four o on was a ruence And I believe you refused to th of tiht, she had refused to move into the official Presidential hoht had been a bitter one Why hadn’t he told her there ed her ht, she wouldn’t have She was high on her own independence, her new job, her friends and her home She would have required proof, not ruet you to safety then contact your father," Kiowa answered her sharply "And we keep you there until the vote on Breed Law comes up next week With your safety assured, President Marion will vote the bill in rather than shoot it down because you have a gun at your head"

"And since you’veto be peachy now," Sily "Ain’t we all lucky?"

She would have jerked up if Kiowa’s hand hadn’t suddenly pressed her back down

"What the hell is he talking about?" she snarled, flipping around as she held the blanket close to her nakedness

"Ignore hierously soft