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What the fuck?

He reached for his gun "Get the hell away from her!"

There was a brief lanced his way, but for the nored--even by the asshole who had attacked the woh Her face twisted into a snarl, and her lips lifted to reveal teeth that looked too dauy and stormed into the crowd

"What?" He blinked, not sure what had just happened No, an assault had occurred, he needed to help her and--

"It’s not what you think," Cara’s soft, sensuous voice trailed along his nerve endings and cut right through the roar of the bar

His fingers still gripped the gun He turned slowly toward her, not sure if he was really ready to face her again, even though he’d come to be bar just to see…her

Shit She was even more beautiful than he remembered Her hair was soft and loose around her shoulders Her face pale and lovely, like soazine ad Her lips were a flash of crimson, and he wanted them on his

She wore a short black dress A tall pair of black boots Her legs were bare, too terabbing her, lifting her up onto the bar that was less than five feet away, and getting her to wrap those sexy legs around his hips

And if they weren’t surrounded by a roo one another, well, he un away," she ordered quietly "You’re not in any danger now"

His eyes narrowed "That guy attacked the wo a little foreplay" She pointed with her index finger

He glanced across the rooled into a corner, and watched as the woman lifted the man’s wrist to her lips and bit down, hard

"Jesus "

She laughed then A soft, rippling laugh "No, he’s one you definitely won’t find here" Then her face slowly sobered and a faint line appeared between her brows "What are you doing here?" The light see un back into his holster and pulled his jacket over the weapon "Already did that, baby"

He heard the sharp inhalation of her breath "And?"

"And your alibis held--for all three ht then The lady was in the clear

The faint scratches on his arm seemed to burn

"Of course, they held," she said, brows snapping together "I told you, I didn’t kill anyone"

He noticed then that her eyes looked a little red As if she’d been crying "You okay?"

"No, I’ether, then she said, "I went to see Michael’s family today They’re really torn up"

Yeah, he’d seen the their hearts out, and they wanted answers, answers he couldn’t give theood family The mother, a stylish older woman, had stared blankly at him as tears trickled from her eyes

Michael’s father, his own eyes riht around the woe Todd so easily read on his face

A good faed in a family like that since--aw, hell, he’d never been in a family like that He was pretty much alone in the world now, and really, that was fine

He didn’t want the kind of pain he’d seen in the Houses’s eyes

Cara shook her head "But if you already know I’m clear," her husky voice wrapped around hirief, "then what are you doing here?"

Looking for her He shrugged "Can’t a guy go to a bar to unwind after work?" Seeh explanation to hiuy is you"

What did she mean by that?

"I don’t really think this is…ah…quite your usual scene," she continued "Maybe you should leave"

He blinked "Excuseto kick hi then as the music faded into silence

"Hell, I’ to leave?"

Not a chance Especially if Cara was about to perform "I want to watch you" The words came out as ood Average, really You won’t be " Yeah, the club wasn’t his usual style, and he could feel ers at hi leaving

"Fine" She shoved her index finger into his chest "Just don’t start anything, okay? Stay at the bar--and…stay out of trouble, you understand h the crowd as she headed for the s the soft sway of her hips as she moved The lady really had an incredible ass One that he would love to get his hands on

She cliht flickered over her head, rabbed a bar stool and prepared to watch There was a tap on his shoulder He turned around, "What--"

"Whiskey" The bartender--a young guy, probably in his early twenties--pushed his favorite drink across the glealass "Thanks"

"Co before in his head were suddenly back--ringing so loud they were nearly deafening "Niol’s here?"

Was the bastard so hi orders to have drinks available to you and the other cop"

"Gyth?"

"Yeah" A brief suy’s lips It wasn’t a friendly ss to an intruder who’d wandered into his yard "Though if I had my way, neither of you bastards would be at ht Todd lifted the drink in a suy had poisoned hireen points "Watch yourself, cop You’ll find a lot of enemies here"

Yeah, he already had

Todd drained the whiskey in one long gulp and felt the burn of the alcohol slide straight down his throat