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Next ti" A petite blonde woodawful fuchsia scrubs stood next to the bed How she got there without Tayla hearing, she had no clue "You look better than you did when you came in, ith all the blood and bite marks and Cruentus bits splattered all over And you really should rethink the red leather It clashes with your hair"

"The red hides the bloodstains, and who the hell are you? The fashion police?" Her voice sounded scratchy, unused

The air-headed twit shook her head as if Tay had been serious "Nurse Allen I brought food, but you can’t eat until Dr Eidolon res "Obviously, the restraints are necessary, seeing how your kind are merciless murderers and all"

Tayla stared "Pot, ot it Go home We’ll see you toh Tayla like a forbidden pleasure Vodka for the alcoholic Cheesecake for the dieter Orgasm for the monk "Hello, Tayla"

"Hey, Dr Evil" She didn’t look What if she’d dreaood looks? What if he had horns, hooves, and porcupine quills?

Nancy’s bubbly laughter followed her out the door, and what kind of valed like a brain-dead cheerleader? Didn’t really h The vamp would die in a rain of e fiend Tay just wished the re that crap out of clothes was a bitch

But then, such was the life of aprotectors of the world The secret guardians of hus that went buht

And all the other bullshit that was supposed to make Tay feel war better to do with her life than hang out in monster-infested alleys that smelled like rancid piss

After all, it was hard to find a legiti over your head

Then again, even if she had a perfect record and a freakin’ doctorate to her nahts patrolling the New York City underground she knewfor evil filth to squash

Evil filth like the doctor whose footsteps grew louder as he approached She closed her eyes, still unable to face him It wasn’t until she felt the head of the bed jack up that she dared to peek

Chills shivered over her skin Dressed in green scrubs, he was just as she’d reular features and brown eyes that flashed with intelligence and confidence That wicked tattoo on his right ar when she looked too closely

She’d fought deht of her twenty-four years, but never had she encountered one whose devastatingly powerful presence filled her with a sense of awe It was as though he was pure sexual energy contained in a wrapper of smooth, bronze skin, and damn, it wasn’t fair that a demon should be so cover-model handso end of her right hook

"I’ to release your wrist restraints so you can eat Don’t try to fight me The hospital is under the protection of an antiviolence spell"

Sure She waited until he’d freed her hands Then she s at his jaw

Pain nearly sheared off the top of her skull She fell back, clutching her head with both hands

"I warned you"

"My ass," she groaned "You wanted "

"Maybe a little"

When the pain dimmed, she narrowed her eyes at him "That’s why I’m still alive, isn’t it? The spell You probably want to killon her chart "I also want to be inside you again, so I wouldn’t read too much into my instincts"

She nearly choked on her own saliva "I could have done without the re inside her? Not that it was a possibility, because clearly, she had to kill him at the first available opportunity

"Oh," he said, his voice ru rumbled, "you remembered all on your own" He set aside the clipboard and put his long, slender fingers to the pulse in her wrist

"You didn’t come, but you wanted to And I wanted to make you come Wanted to feel you spasm around me"

His eyes darkened as he took in her face, her throat, her brsts beneath the hospital gown "I can still smell e did Sainst the skin of her wrist, where her pulse throbbed harder with every word "I can feel your desire"

So could she, in the ache between her legs, the sweet pinch of puckered nipples, the rush of h her sex

"I wonder," he purred, "how your desire would taste"

Good God The effect he had on her, the way he s she’d never wantedit shouldn’t be happening Not only was the man an enemy, but the lust itselfit shouldn’t be there at all Sex had always been a weapon, a tool, the only form of currency that never ran out Sex with a man was certainly not recreational The tier, frustration, and ehter at duyou’ll be tasting is iven the stupid spell, but threatening him made her feel better

To her relief, he released her and stepped back, his arousal straining the front of his scrubs Averting her gaze, she reached for the ankle restraints, but he shook his head

"Leave them Your hands are free so you can eat, but you aren’t at liberty to walk around"

"Okay, Hellboy," she said "What if I have to go to the bathroom?"

"A nurse will assist you" His voice pitched loith dark amusement "Unless you’d rather I helped"

"Thanks, I’ll pass" She dragged her fingers through her tangled hair and cast a longing gaze at the food the vaet to eat, or what?"