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"Go, Madoc I’ you squirs He could hear it in her voice He wanted to be sorry, and maybe part of him was, but the smarter part knew that if she hated hi to offer an apology

The farther away froot, the better off they’d both be

Then why the hell wasn’t he walking to his truck? Why was he headed back to his suite, where he planned to stay until he knew she ell guarded?

Leaving her body? Was she nuts?

A grih rumbled in his chest Of course she was nuts That was the whole probleh to leave alone, and she wasn’t sane enough to stay away from him

Clearly, he was crazy, too, because soht he could actually help her rather than just s worse If that didn’t make him certifiable, he didn’t knoould

As exhausted as Nika was, she couldn’t sleep The pull of thethe day, but there were a few Synestryn presences inside her that were strong enough to make themselves known even while the sun burned overhead Usually, they didn’t bother her, but she could feel one rousing fro for weaknesses

She tried to shut it out, put up her barriers, and sleep, but every tinant darkness growing inside Madoc

It hadn’t been there the last ti and he was hiding it, even froet any rest until she figured out what it was, and she really needed her rest if she was going to find Tori The farther away she was from someone, the harder it became to find them as well as find her way back to her body She didn’t want to locate her sister only to find that she couldn’t get back into her body and do anything with the information

Besides, she worried that if she didn’t make it back, her body would slip away and she’d be left to roaht scared her alain

Nika’s grasp on reality was stronger now than it had been since the attack She wasn’t going to do anything to mess that up Sleep was mandatory, and she knew the one person who could hold the Synestryn at bay long enough for her to get it

She pulled her weary body from the bed, went to Madoc’s quarters, and knocked on the door

"Go away," caonna happen Go houessed that Nick or soh the security cameras that covered every inch of the hallways She went to the nearest one, looked into it, and said, "Open Madoc’s door"

She had no idea if anyone heard or saw her, but when she got back to the door and saw the light turn green, she knew so

The door opened two inches before Madoc’s hand slaht turned red

"I’rowled Madoc

"I need to see you"

Silence greeted her

"Fine," she yelled through the door "I’ll just sit out here until you decide to letainst the door No , but that was just too bad Ti as it took He had to come out sometiainst it The chilly air surrounded her, sliding easily through her thin cotton nightgown She wished she’d thought to throw some clothes on before she came here, or at least a robe Chances were that if she left now, Madoc would escape, jump in his truck, and it would be another seven ain

She feared that by that ti inside hi left of her Madoc

Her Madoc Nika snorted at that He was noin its presence, but it was too far away to touch, always distant and cold

At least when she was this close to hiave in and lay down, curled up in front of his door If he left, she’d wake, and in the ht any Synestryn that dared to invade her et her out of his mind Part of hi her fro on his cock, screa out her pleasure while he pounded into her

He had no idea why he couldn’t get her out of his mind--why one crazy wo his insides until the space between taking her and protecting her see to care about

Madoc lay on his bed, his erection rising fro in tiers around hi his cock in her hs, while her big blue eyes stared up at hi him from his fantasy

"What?" he snarled into the receiver

"Nika’s asleep outside your door," said Nicholas

"Don’t care" It was a huge lie, but one he was going to stand by