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And soered The Aegis, but what if she’d said soled, been mushy

The three injured staff e"

"The hu to e Or Paige’ssoe was present when a patient of nized her"

"This is isn’t involved They wouldn’t blow up the person they need to perforht?" Gem’s voice went as cold as he’d ever heard it, her eyes went black, and for the first time, he saw the demon in her human-shaped wrapper "I want e"

"She’s in a coma" He pinned Gem with a hard stare "But I’ll make sure I’ht have blown up the hospital, but now, it seehteen

Tayla woke to the delicious serous demon wouldn’t have broken into the apartment to cook, she showered in Eidolon’s luxurious bathroom--

white marble with a shower stall the size of her apartot out, a plush robe lay on the bed

Shtfulness, she donned it and padded to the kitchen, where he was stirring some sort of creaood for a guy who nearly died last night"

"Is that what Shade told you?"

"Actually, he said you weren’t easy to kill"

He poured some spiral noodles into a colander "I’m not" He shot her a wink "But don’t think I’ll tell you how to do it"

That stung It shouldn’t She understood--she wouldn’t tell so it But it still hurt

She climbed onto a bar stool and sat at the island as he scooped pasta and sauce onto two plates It s me," she murmured, as he slid the plate in front of her

"Because I can cook? I’s in that uess I’, he pulled up a stool next to her "I do h"

His grin turned sheepish "Maybe Now eat Doctor’s orders"

S, she picked up her fork One bite, and she was lost to ecstasy The pasta melted in her mouth, and the cheese sauce exploded with co had it been since she’d eaten real food? The Aegis didn’t pay well, ely private sources and, according to Lori, a few governencies that siphoned off money where they could But with so many cells around the world, roup rather than the individual Which hy most Guardians lived at headquarters, where they were sheltered and fed as much boxed macaroni and cheese and canned ravioli as they could eat

She finished her plate before Eidolon was halfway through his, and that hen she noticed the reason he’d stopped eating His eyes, focused on the gaping openings in the robe that bared the swells of her brsts and one thigh, glowed gold She became aware of the cool air that caressed her exposed skin, and of the burning stare that negated it The proer in his eyes having nothing to do with the food on their plates

"God, Hellboy, what are we doing?"

Abruptly, his eyes flashed back to their norh "I don’t know"

She could still feel the heat of his gaze lingering on her skin like an erotic sunburn "I wish" What?

That she were a kid again? Being abused by druggies herin foster hoo, when she was alone with nothing but hate to keep her alive?

Because truth was, she’d never been happy Until now

"What do you wish, Tayla?" Eidolon was looking at her, his gaze war"

He took her hands, pulled her so that her stool slid across the tile and she was practically in his lap "Tellofto my name I’ve had very little of value in is and is any into his jeans’ pocket and withdrew a s," she whispered She slipped it onto her finger, the fa and welcoed her throat

Next thing she knew, she was in his ar her she was beautiful and sexy and that he would give her anything she wanted

She wanted to cry No one, no hus to her, had ever made her feel beautiful and sexy

"This is crazy," she moaned, as his hands slipped inside her robe and cupped her breasts

"And?" He nipped her shoulder, where the collar had slipped down She wanted hiing shivers of pleasure frohed, because when he touched her, all other worries and cares flew out his highrise

She shifted to give hie behind his jeans’ zipper, and he hissed against her skin "I need to be inside you I want to take you until we both pass out"

"Oh, God, yes"

He moved so quickly she didn’t have tione and she was nad on his lap Grasping the zipper tab on his jeans, she tugged, releasing his straining erection It filled her hand, hot and heavy as she wrapped her fingers around the thick length He was so hard she could feel his pulse sla into her palm Her thumb flicked over a drop of liquid at the tip, and he closed his eyes and groaned as she spread the ed to taste hi she’d never wanted to do Before now, sex had been a way to feed herself; she wasn’t proud of it, but sex had been about life and death when she lived on the streets Now she wanted to give pleasure to the one who had given her so much, and her mouth watered

She shimmied off his lap, but he misunderstood and came to his feet with her "No" She stayed hi her hand down, over steel-cut abs, she fell to her knees before him

His sharp intake of breath drifted down to her, and another groan followed as she took him in her mouth S she’d ever tasted Her tongue tingled, and the sensation spread down her throat, to her spine, her very core When he touched her hair, she felt it everywhere