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"Ride it out," he h, she didn’t have a chance to feel embarrassment, and honestly, she didn’t know if she would The way he took her in, the adaze,Suddenly, she understood feminine power

"You’re lovely when you co"

"Not one for TV, huh?"

His laughter rang out, deep and hearty "You areI could watch on TV"

So was he, as much as she hated to admit it "Eidolon?"

"Hmm?"

"Thank you"

He pushed up on his elbows "No, thank you"

"For what?"

He s enesis"

"So you can heal wo his head to kiss her, "so I can be with a female because I want to, not because I need to" His voice dropped lower, beca purr "Let rate your deled to sit up, but with one hand on her breastbone, he kept her down and still

"I don’t want you to die"

"That’s what it could really come down to, isn’t it?" God, she was insane for even considering it "If I agree to this, I need you to pro a deo she’d have killed anyone who said she’d ever do such a thing "If I turn out to be so really horribleyou’ll kill me"

Eidolon’s dark brows shot up Before he could say anything, she pressed one finger to his lips "Please I can’t say yes unless I knoon’t be a danger to anyone Can you promise me that?"

After a moment, he bowed his head so his forehead rested on hers "I pro We’ll do it then" He pals, ht, we have other things to do"

Nineteen

The hazy h theseared Eidolon’s eyes He didn’t think about the reason he was so sensitive He didn’t care All thatthes didn’t work Rubbery ht, and he crumpled next to the bed Pain covered hi hurt His eyes His face His entire body throbbed

Had Tayla done soh hiht the savory scent of the sex they’d had for hours last night Yeah, she’d been cured She’d coetting the blinds, he staggered to his feet, swaying until he caught hiled in the sheets, her hair fanning out over the pillow, her brsts exposed to the air and his gaze Lower, the sheet had fallen away, allowing a glihs and the sweet place nestled between

He wanted her Needed her

Growling low in his throat, he lowered himself onto the bed and opened his , her eyes still closed

She shifted and stretched Opened her eyes And gasped

"Shit!" She scooted toward the headboard, but he grabbed her foot and tried to drag her back down A kick ai with you?"

"Nothing’s wrong with rip and rolled off the bed, coracefully to her feet

Naked

The delicious, potent aroma of fear came off her hot body in waves He had to have her Now

"Stay away fro to happen

Take her

His nostrils flared as he separated the scents co froled with her s the scent of human, was the one of demon His body answered

Power rippled beneath his skin, threatening to tear hih hi flesh hit hi sensations in his back

When his vision cleared, he looked down at his hands No, not hands Paws Red, scaly paws tipped with serrated talons

I to have you now"

Tayla’s screaroin The sound of terror was a rush, an aphrodisiac for both the mind and cock Now he needed to taste her, to rip into her flesh with his teeth--

He shook his head These thoughts weren’t his

Ied Landed on her, held her shoulders with the claws on the tips of his wings, while his hands grasped her hps to bring her closer to his barbed penis She brought her knee up, nailed hiht hied her calf, but she wriggled out of his grasp and darted to her weapons bag

"Esraladoth en sludslo" The words came out of his mouth, but he had no idea what he’d said

She whirled, a boleadora in her fist "If that means kick my ass, then fucker, you’re in luck" She hurled it at him He felt it wrap around his throat, and the world went black

Tayla watched the Soulshredder go down, her heart beating so hard her ribs hurt Terror like she hadn’t felt since the day her mom died threatened to turn her into a useless blob of jelly, and she had to fight like hell to stay on her feet The thing twitched and went still

The events of the last few moments played back in her head like a horror movie, but no matter how much she paused the video, she couldn’t find an explanation for what had just happened Where was Eidolon? Ones from his back Had the Soulshredder killed him and taken his form? If the Soulshredder had taken soer and Lori did to Yuri appear ta and nearly dropped it Twice If this was the best she could do, beheading the thing would beto work the beast over, make it suffer until she discovered what it had done to Eidolon

She swung around

It was gone In its place, Eidolon was there, the boleadora around his neck

Oh, shit

Still clutching the knife, she pulled a set of ray, cloudchoked light filtering through the , he looked the saht side of his face

And when she’d first seen him in the bed, his eyes had been red

Cautiously, she shackled his ankles and wrists, and re on her heels, she stared at hiet dressed, anyway She couldn’t leave him here, tied up, indefinitely, but neither could she turn hi horrible again Of course, that was assu the creature on the floor was him at all

Maybe one of his brothers could help

Quickly, she threw on so of clothes she’d brought with her, and then she hunted down his cell phone and dialed Shade When he didn’t answer, she found the hospital’s number in the phone’s directory A fee at Underworld General