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Maybe the doe-eyed librarian act was her game Maybe she drew in the males anted to tap a wallflower Nate had never been that kind He liked hardasses who knehat they were getting into when they bedded a vaan to see the appeal

But then he’d seen the nervousness in her eyes, heard the note of fear in her voice Some deep, dark part of him had awakened, and the thrill of the hunt seized him It was a small rush, barely a ripple in the pool of nu in, but Jesus, it was as if a thread of life had been thrown to hi as he could

"Well?" His body buzzed as he studied her, the way it did when he inadvertently drank blood from a coked-up hues "You just going to stare atto offer up some incentive for me to hire you?"

Her slender throat worked on a fes, and he followed the column of sreen angora sweater Just as he dove south to the smooth swells of her brsts, she thrust a file at him

"Here’s your incentive" She waited until he took the file, and then she stepped back, as if wanting to get away It e her between his body and the wall just to show her that if he didn’t want her to escape, she wouldn’t "Eidolon, the head doctor at Underworld General, prepared that for you It lists my accomplishments and special skills"

He nearly chuckled at her atte her squirain, her soft brown eyes flared "Eidolon wouldn’t know all of rity to not require that his elass on the desk and flipped through the file, not focusing on particulars "So tellboss doesn’t want his nurses on their backs?"

"My reason for leaving is hest reco about this feo to trust his instincts She was too fidgety, tooso the lid on his less-than-helpful inner voice, he ran his thu "The file says you’re a shifter What species?"

"Tiger"

Not bloody likely He inhaled deeply, seeking her scent Through the tantalizing aroma of vanilla was a wild undertone of felineand canine Mostly canine, in fact He’d have pegged her for a wolf, so as she saying she was a tiger? It wasn’t any of his business, but again, so was off He’d encountered every species of shifter alive, and he’d never come across one with this particular blend of scents

His sixth sense was telling hih troubles, and it operated on a delicate balance He didn’t need this fe probleued hi hi to work here?"

"I need a job, and I ell independently, but I don’t want to work in a human hospital or clinic"

"Why not? It would be a hell of a lot safer, and you don’t strike er shifter on the planet who didn’t like to cozy up with danger, but she didn’t deny his accusation "Hu"

Her chin lifted, and though she was shorter than he was, she somehow looked down her nose at hi Usually feave hi sent another rush through hietting hard

He picked up his glass again and studied her over the riht" An odd darkness infused her voice, setting off his internal alarms

"What do you es are what , don’t you think?"

He wondered what she’d do if he challenged her right up against the wall His cell buzzed with a textBuzzing Whatever

He looked over at Vladlena, as shifting her weight nervously "Can you start work now?"

"Right this et the job"

She glared at hi to decide how he ed "Why not"

He took her to thelaceration that had opened up his arm from shoulder to elbow Blood streamed from his mashed nose and lips, and a piece of his ear had been torn off

Vladlena leaped into action, snapping gloves out of the dispenser on the wall and then grabbing a towel to put pressure on the laceration as she guided the rowled at her, Nate’s first instinct was to deck the guy, but she handled that like a seasoned pro as well