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Different race See heart wasn’t quite buying the siaze raked down her body "And just how much, uh--" What had she called it? "Gla on me?" A cold wind seemed to blow over hi by far Hell, the only flaw on her body was that birthmark on her hip, and it really wasn’t a flaw so much as--well, a ht it fro beneath the glamour?

Did he really want to know?

"Don’t be an idiot!" Cara snapped, and turned on her heel She stomped toward the chaise and picked up a thin, blue robe She shouldered into it, letting the towel drop to the ground

Todd sed and absolutely refused to try and catch a gli but cae iveaway, don’t you think? And it’s not like I want to go around advertising my true self to the world!"

"Well, your ‘true self’ is what I’ht, he would have done al to claim her The lust had been that wild Now, he couldn’t help but wonder…howabout demons or their power It was so unbelievable So insane, so--

True

He knew in his gut Cara wasn’t lying, and toothrough his head

So ry stares in Paradise Found The strange energy he’d felt there

"I’la into fists

"So that crap about deht lies?"

"No It’s true for certain very, very old and very, very powerful de demon," Cara admitted and did her cheeks flush? Was the woman, ah, demon, embarrassed by her weakness?

"And just what kind of deain, and wondered why she hadn’t answered hi to reply, then she stopped and pressed her lips together

Uh, oh Not a good sign But, just howparticularly shocked," she said slowly, and, oncehis question There was suspicion on her face as she asked, "Have you met my kind before?"

Yeah, he just hadn’t realized it until now No wonder he’d felt like half the world had been keeping secrets frolasses lay shattered at his feet "Cara…"

"Guys really do generally run at this point" A faint line appeared between her brows "Like I told you, fast"

"You’ve told a lot of guys this spiel, huh?" Was that jealousy flaring in his gut? Sure felt like it

"A few Those who don’t run usually want me to prove that I’htened "I can do more than that"

Noas curious Kinda like those people who stopped and turned around when they saw car accidents "Like what?"

"On any human male but you, I’d be able to hypnotize with just a word Get you to do "

Now Todd had to s to ease the dryness in his throat And she didn’t think that ory? "So why am I the lucky human?"

"Because you’re a latent psychic with ot shields up in your mind that you don’t even know about"

Now that was a load of shit He wasn’t psychic Never had been "Nice try, baby, but if I were psychic, I would have won the lottery years ago and retired to Mexico" Hoas he even having this conversation?

They’d been cli ht sex and now--

Well, now he’d entered the twilight zone, and he’d very much like to leave, please

"You’re not that kind of psychic" He thought he heard her mutter, idiot, beneath her breath His eyes narrowed She continued,

"You probably get feelings, don’t you? Little vibes of tension or fear just before you walk into a situation that’s dangerous as all hell But you know before you walk in, don’t you?"

How did she know that?

"Soe Whatever you want to naer than others You’ve got a gift, one et, and those that do have it, well, precious few understand just what in the world is going on when the edge kicks into play"

"But you understand, right?"

"All of ht into this world with it, and we’ll leave with it"

He didn’t want to talk about what fictional powers he ht then, he just wanted to focus on her "So you usually do a hypnotic show, huh? No other tricks to prove that you’re a deh proof was reallyneed to keep pushing at her

Because she’s just knocked htened He couldn’t lie to hio Cara had just broken the shaky peace he’d been living in since that night

"I have a few other skills," Cara adht She lifted her hand A small plume of smoke appeared about two inches above her open palm As he watched, the smoke thickened, and with a snap, a ball of flames burst in the air

Cara pulled back her hand, sht toward him

"Shit!"

He ducked Felt the rush of fire Looked up, saw the ball, spinning in the air, fire blazing gold and red

Then it vanished

"Don’t worry, I wasn’t going to hurt you"

He wasn’t 100 percent certain he believed that Especially since the top of his head felt singed

"You pissed"I shouldn’t have tossed that toward you"

"Uh, yeah, you shouldn’t have tossed the ball of fire at my head" Unbelievable

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