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Unquenched desire and irritation at both his arrogance and her oeakness tangled up into a knot of fury
"Give led his brows "Coet it"
"What part of celibate are you unclear on? I will not change e my mind" She stepped back so she didn’t have to crane her neck to look at hi with you for the key, because I promise you it won’t happen"
"I knoon’t happen," he said, taking her hand and bringing it to his lips, where he nipped the pad of her finger "But we can do other things And I want to do other things Make no mistake about that As far as the artifact is concerned, you want it, you let ed by his manipulation, she jerked her hand away "Fine You can cos with ? Please"
It was the wrong thing to say, because the erotic light in his eyes becae, of battle
She’d just thron the gauntlet, and suddenly she was afraid that of the two of them, she’d be the one to break
As Wraith watched Serena flee down the hall, his body buzzed like he’d eaten a junkie, only this ay better This was like the really good shit running through a Wall Street executive or a Hollywood star’s veins So, yeah, better… and worse Because he wasn’t going to be able to satisfy his body’s needs Not yet What he’d assu out to be anything but Although she sure as hell seemed to be affected by the incubus fk-me pheromones that ca the poison was affecting their potency Which sucked
On the other hand, the toxin was also allowing hi need to have sex or suffer, which was always a concern for his breed Seminus demons couldn’t relieve their lust by their own hand, and once they were aroused, their lust had to be slaked, or they’d suffer intense agony or even death
Gods, she had fire Fire and fight and she ht very well be his oing to fight until he won Her resolve was strong, but with the Griri And right now, he had to make sure she believed he could be with her because he wanted to be with her, not because he wanted to pop her cherry
Still, it was beco to work, not only because it just wasn’t him, but because she didn’t believe he was a choir boy He’d have to be himself as much as possible if he wanted to have a shot in hell of seducing her
He just had to get through this without letting hiet attached, which shouldn’t be a proble had been tortured out of hi for his brothers, and his mates-in-laeren’t total wenches And then there was Ge half human, but to say he actually cared about her… that would be an exaggeration
He continued to watch Serena as she let herself into her rooh her head, but he kneas pinging around in his He’d enjoyed that kiss, and he wanted to kiss her again He tried to tell himself the desire to do so came from necessity, the need to seduce her, but if that was true, why did his breath come a little faster and hotter in his throat when she turned to glare at hiaze, and even across the distance she got the ht his silent declaration of intent Toht The new ht out the crazies of the underworld The deaths It would be even worse now that Ar, a confrontation between good and evil that threatened every huan had always been sensitive to the tides of the night, and the vibration in his blood told hi to be a bad one His stomach churned as he stepped out of his car in Underworld General’s underground parking lot, knowing the ER would soon fill up
Hewhile hopped up on adrenaline to save a life, and not for the first time he wondered why he’d spent the last tenpoked and prodded when he could have been back with The Aegis, battling de up Guardians
Or he could have been back here, working in a deer conflicted by his loyalties to hu both sides, because neither holly good or bad, and he’d discovered that the good on both sides wanted the sah the vehicles, stopping short as Ge doors His heart did a flip and settled into a rapid-fire un rhythm
She was even ed her hair--still black and falling to her shoulder blades, but she’d replaced the blue streaks with a hot pink that suited her
She walked toward her red Mustang, keys twirling on her finger He’d planned to find her after he spoke with Eidolon, but what the hell He opened his e male approached her Where had he come from? His short, dark hair reminded hiloves, brought Shade to mind The deadly aura was pure Wraith
He couldn’t hear what they were saying, but Geainst the contrast of her black lipstick He’d kissed that mouth, had wanted to do a lot more before they were interrupted in her apartiood-bye