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His head lifted, lips ith a soft sheen of ht her breath "I want you spread beneath htly on her knees His hands still held her hips The fingers of his right hand were just below the half-her, breaking the flesh-on-flesh contact of their sexes Cara gazed down at her body At the ivory skin The light hair that shielded her sex Then her gaze drifted to his body Golden skin Rippling muscles Thick, full cock She licked her lips "What about above you?"

His gaze dropped His eyes narrowed as he stared at her sex and his lips parted "I want to taste you"

She could all too readily iue on her flesh "That’s just--"

A sharp, shrieking cry erupted in the room

Cara jumped in surprise

Todd swore

The daan to fade as the phone rang again, and its piercing call pulled Todd closer and closer to reality

And farther away frohtened More like screwed by the damn bell

She climbed from the bed Her body ached with unfulfilled need, even as the de the air

Put hiht you in the dream state A dark, insidious voice whispered in her mind Finish Take your pleasure Give the rip "Stay with me"

A reluctant shake of her head "That’s not hoorks"

The phone pealed again, the sound even louder as it broke the veil of fantasy

His eyes seeed in those dark depths She wasn’t certain just hoare he was of as happening between them Did he sense that it was so much more than just an erotic dreahting back the de demand and her dark wishes "I’htened around her "Then tell me who you really are"

Her lips curled as the phone shrieked again "Lover," he could have been, "I’ cry from the phone swept away the dream and carried her spirit back to her body

I’m not even human

Todd’s eyes shot open and he reached for the phone, nearly knocking the nightstand onto the floor "Damn it, what?" A bleary look at his bedside clock showed that he’dhours

And screw it to hell, but he’d been enjoying that dream Or at least, he had until Cara had whispered her little secret at the end

Just what in the hell had that been about? How fucked up was his subconscious? First the da claws and teeth--and now this shit

Couldn’t a guy just have a good sex dreaant tone had hi a hand to his forehead

Captain Danny McNeal Aw, hell

"Is this a bad time for you, Detective?" Annoyed now--and it really didn’t pay to annoy the captain

"Sorry, Captain I was…" fantasizing, having al Beauty, if you canyour ass down to the station--"

His back teeth clenched Drag his ass Fucking nice He’d worked ht to protect the people of Atlanta He deserved to let his ass get some sleep now

"--Smith has so to full wakefulness "Be right there" But he was talking to the dial tone because McNeal had already hung up on him

Bastard

Todd met Colin on the steps of the precinct His only consolation was that his partner looked like shit Exactly the way he felt

S could have been a hell of a lot better

Or, depending on the victiuessed it could have been worse

But he knew the rules The case ca as he could function adequately at his job and not jeopardize any civilians, well, he was good to go

He and Colin rode the elevator silently down to the Crypt The Crypt was Smith’s domain It housed the medical examiner’s office as well as all the cold slabs, so the place always chilled him to the bone

When the elevator doors slid open, he expected to hear the usual soft strains of Smith’s jazz music, but, instead, a heavy, thick silence filled the air

Colin hesitated "Maybe you should talk to her alone" His face was tense, lips tight "I don’t…know if she’s ready to see me yet"

Now that was damn odd As far as Todd knew, Colin had rescued Smith from that psycho who’d taken her

At his raised brow, Colin said, "Bad ot back, I don’t want to stir anything up for her" The man looked seriously uncomfortable

"You haven’t talked to her since she’s been working in the Crypt again?" Todd had gone down the first day to check in with the good doctor She’d seemed quiet, her face a bit too tense, but otherwise, she’d appeared just fine

Colin gave a curt shake of his head "Not yet"

"Well, hell, man, there’s no tirabbed the handle of the door, and opened it with a quick pull "After you"

Colin lifted his chin Marched forward "Damn it, I don’t want her to freak out"

Yeah, well, Smith had never really struck him as the "freak out" type More the serious, senius type

Colin entered the Crypt first, then Todd swept inside behind hi out, "Smith! We’re here--"

She stepped out froaze immediately went to his partner, and a treed forward, certain that the ME was about to faint

Colin beat hi her easily and then pushing her down into a nearby chair "Easy"

She sucked in a deep gulp of air Her skin, light, creamy brown, had completely healed from the attack The bruises had faded

The scratches and cuts had healed Seous face Exotic eyes Hair dark as night

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