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A choked laugh broke from her "Wasn’t really a question of staot too, uh? Wild?"

Yes, to both

"Don’t worry I like wild and I like rough" His index finger tapped on the wheel "But I think you already know that"

One roo to be hell

"Just so you know…I can also do slow"

She gulped Daht as you want, kissing and stroking the whole night long"

Her clothes were too thick Or maybe the truck’s cab was too hot because she was sure starting to sweat

"Whatever you want, I can give you"

Didn’t she know it

"But, Erin, you’ve got to trust me"

Easier said than done

And Jude knew it

She crossed her legs, fought to ignore the growing tension in her body, and stared out herat the pine trees

The silence in the car wasn’t comfortable and it wasn’t easy

Just like her relationship with Jude

Loose ends were a bitch

He paced down the shining white hospital corridor, the green scrubs rustling softly as he walked

If Lee Givens had been an acco bastard, he would have already been dead But no, he was still alive Still fighting to survive as he clung to life

And why?

There was no reason for that piece of garbage to keep living

A woman brushed by him, pretty, but scrawny Her thin arms were around a kid, so down his cheeks

"It’s gonna be okay, Toonna be--"

He rounded the corner and caught sight of the roouard stood outside What the hell? He stumbled to a stop Why was a cop there?

Loose ends were a bitch

He’d learned that back in Lillian when one of those loose ends had tried to confront hiht Better to just cut them off before they could do any harm

Givens hadn’t seen his face Well, he didn’t think the lawyer had The road had been dark Too dark for a hu I can help you with?" The drawling voice came from behind him and was followed by a tap on his shoulder

One that was a little too hard

He spun around, his clipboard up and ready "Uh, what--" He let his eyes widen, then narrow as he studied the uy with Donovan Tall, dark, with eyes that seeuy wasn’t

His nostrils flared, just a bit, as he caught the hunter’s scent Not shifter

But that still left at least a dozen Other possibilities

He forced a sht move to draw attention to it

"Rooaze dropped to his nae and kept his voice flat "But rooht in front of that door then "So if you’ll excuse me--ah, sorry, who are you?"

"I’rim smile "Since you don’t knowhim apart would be fun One fast sith his claws He could slash the jerk’s throat Let the blood spray and soak the too-white tiles and walls Or he could cut down the guy’s chest Catch the bastard’s heart and tear it out

So many choices

The hunter inclined his head and sauntered toward the waiting cop

Two guards Too much attention The laould have to wait

A loose end he’d get--sooner or later

The hunter glanced back at him, eyes narrowed

Asshole

With a curt nod, he hurried into room 407 The patient, an elderly lanced up at his approach "Fuck Another one of you assholes?"

Really, it was the wrong thing to say Because his day was already pretty shitty

"I’ in here! I’hty-seven You can’t fix onna die"

Sooner than the jerk realized He shoved his hand into his pocket Felt the capped syringe he’d prepared especially for Givens No sense in letting all that preparation go to waste He’d known he wouldn’t be able to attack with claws and teeth on this one Though he sure did prefer to kill that way

So he’d bribed a nurse Gotten exactly what he needed for a fast, clean kill

"Why don’t you just take your overpaid, arrogant ass right back out of my room!"

He smiled and headed toward his patient Some people really didn’t do lanced at the patient’s chart "Tell ood life?"

"What the hell kind of question is that? No, asshole, I haven’t I got my knee blasted in the war, stupid bitch of a wife sentate ot out, and now I have to look at your sorry ass!"

No, some people really didn’t dothe hospital soon"

"The hell I will! I heard the!"

True enough

He uncapped the syringe This wouldn’t hurt That was the only downside He rather liked to watch pain and blood

Hmmm…no blood Another downside But it would be fast And the doctors and nurses would run in, so worried about this patient that they wouldn’t even notice hi out