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A slanced past me "There’s a table available over there" He nodded toward the locked and guarded side door It wasn’t the only spare table, of course, but it best suited our purpose "How about we take that?"
"Perfect" I tucked ainst his as alked Tension rose between us-all sexual-until it fairly crackled
The guard didn’t even look at us as we stopped at the table His scent said he was hu as we kept it low
Like all the other guards in this place, he earing a wire, but there was also what looked to be a sain he’d
It wouldn’t have surprisedconversations, so we’d have to keep an eye on the camera position to make sure it wasn’t pointed our way And while we could talk telepathically, that would look suspicious to anyone who
"So what happened to the old man?" I asked softly as Kye racked up the balls
"He’s laying in a rubbish bin as we speak" He picked up the cues and handed lanced up at the odd e, alreen eyes I arched an eyebrow "I never break unless it’s absolutely necessary"
"Really?" he drawled "Maybe I should test that little statement"
I took the cue from him, then leaned a little closer and whispered, "This from the man who absolutely didn’t want a lap dance"
"Oh, I still don’t But then, I’ from head to foot, am I?"
"Oh, really?" I chalked the end of the cue then bent over right in front of hiroin Thehis current state of desire
"That sure feels like a whole lot painful tothe little white ball spinning into the others Colored balls scattered everywhere, none of the into the pockets The cue ball co, so I re him to come closer
"I think we need to check out one of the private rooms," I said My breath hitched as he casually lined up the shot and his fingers brushed past my side
"And ould we need to do that if you’re in no danger of breaking?"
He eyed his chosen target rather than me, and I waited until he was about to play the shot before saying, "Because Hanna Mein killed soht, and I think we need to check it out"
His shot didn’t miss a solid ball, but it didn’t send one into a pocket, either I smiled
He stood back and chalked his cue "And hohat she did in the Arabian roo?"
I shifted slightly and lined up the ball sitting near the far corner pocket "Because if someone did die, then the body is either still concealed in that roo rese the club"
I went for the shot, but a second before the cue tip hit the ball, his hand snaked down ht and yet so heated that it practically singed
Needless to say, I missed the ball
He an to line up the same ball I had "That still doesn’t explain the connection to our current case"
"Don’t be obtuse"
He smiled and drew back the cue I waited until the last possible moment, then shifted my arms so thathim an eyeful
He missed the ball even worse than I did
He swore under his breath, then said, "So you think this hidden doorway could lead to one or both of our sorceresses?"
"They haven’t been seen in the club all day"
"Maybe they’re si at home"
"Maybe Except that this place is listed as their residential address as well and given there’s not another floor, we’re left with the possibility that either they’re behind the locked doors, or there’s other hidden areas" I quickly lined up the ball andto distractclunk as it went into the pocket
"You play dirty," he murmured
"No dirtier than you, wolf," I returned "Reaze met mine for several seconds, and it was hard to knohat he was actually thinking And while I could raid his ht leave me open for a iven my shields and his lack of telepathy skills-but this wolf kept doing things he wasn’t supposed to be able to Which was a pain in the ass I had a bad feeling that I really needed to knoas on his ht now
When he suess I’d better go book that rooood idea We can always come back here if it proves a bust"
"Oh, I’ will bust if we’re not very careful" His gaze skated toI could aloing to besuspicions"
"Oh, I’ about the calanced at ood fifteen e, so the blonde’s appointment in the Arabian room should be finished by now I hoped no one else had booked it in the meantime
"I’ll see what I can do," Kyea little tartness in my voice "I’ht grab me"
"Then I’d have to beat theely "You get thrown out, I get inside the rooate without your interference Clever"
His s anything without me, wolf"
And one look into his eyesabout the case A shudder that was half anticipation, half fear, rolled through o book now, then see what I can do about the cameras"
"Sounds like a plan"
"Meet you there, then" He walked aithout a backward glance
I let out a breath, then s man who rushed to pick up the abandoned cue and who couldn’t have been any older than nineteen I played out the gali of desire But he didn’t say anything about a dance-either private or lap-so I walked over to the bar