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She placed the ser seat of her Jeep and steered out of the parking lot If she didn’t hurry, she’d be late to teach her first class Today she was teaching skiing for beginners It wasforward to it As she rounded the last bend before the turnoff to Fontana Lodge, she noticed the sa her that she’d seen as she’d left the literacy center
Her fingers tightened around the wheel as alar, but after she’d been kidnapped a feeeks ago, she paid extra attention to her surroundings Hell, she still couldn’t believe those two rocery store She’d let her guard down sinceto Fontana In Miami that never would have happened In Miao anywhere without one of her father’s bodyguards Well, until she’d o anywhere without hiht of hi Her throat tightened and she tried to block out memories of him She couldn’t allow herself to travel down that e as she could rely protective She’d neverpresence until she’d been at the mercy of two evil assholes If it hadn’t been for Connor and Liahts up too There was no sense thinking about what ht have happened It would only drive her insane After the cops had started digging around the shed she’d been held in, they’d discovered "mementos" from other victims And body parts So far they’d found at least five female victims, but Kat didn’t doubt there would be more on that property
She sed back the bile in her throat Thanks to two strangers that saved her life, she now had t friends and an entire pack of shifters she wouldn’t hesitate to call on for help The fact that her friend December was obviously involved with one of them made her feel even better about them
As she neared the turnoff, the truck behind her sped up even faster Her unease turned to worry She gunned the engine and took a sharp turn Even with the chains on her Jeep her vehicle swerved slightly against the slick, icy asphalt Keeping her eyes on the road and her rearview mirror was difficult When she saw the truck continue past the turnoff, she still couldn’t allow herself to relax
Instead of heading for the ht for the valet As an euys had a crush on her and usually let her get aith it She was probably being paranoid but she didn’t care Better safe than sorry Especially after what had al to a stop, she pushed out a relieved breath Her heart pounded erratically and she knew she was likely overreacting The truck hadn’t been following her She was just letting her i, her loud ringtone sliced through the air She jumped and let out a startled cry
When she saw the nuray trucks and kidnappers dissipated It was Jayce She sed hard as she stared at the caller ID, a knot for to him So much so that she actually ached to hear hiravelly, sinfully sexy voice It was so distinctive she’d know it anywhere But she knew she shouldn’t After she’d ended things, he’d called her a dozen or so ti now
She silenced her phone and shoved it into her purse When Randy waved at her from behind the valet stand, she plastered a smile on her face and opened her door She still had time to scarf down so thoughts of Jayce’s gray, hungry eyes from her mind, she reminded herself why she’d walked away He didn’t have a place in her life anyood enough for hilance at her as she steered in front of the lodge’s valet He’d spent all day with her at the bookstore and still couldn’t take his eyes off her It e, but it was incredibly flattering to have such a sexy rateful he’d unloaded and stocked her new shipet used to his unfa hi," she uys opened her door He’d been quiet on the ride over and she couldn’t tell what kind ofticket, he rounded the vehicle to her side So told her that under nor, but it was almost as if he’d sensed her need to stay in control and had decided not to push
"We’ll stay as long as you want" His voice was low and sensual and even though she tried to fight it, her cheeks heated up as warh her and settled low in her belly
Liam wrapped his arm around December’s shoulders as they headed into thea claim on her Part of December wanted to pull away fro ar her feel off-kilter As they strode through the lobby, sheKat had called her earlier and told them to just meet her at the uy Kat worked as having a birthday Deceht she’d met him once or twice In fact, if she remembered correctly, Kat had tried to set her up with hi schedules it had never worked out She hadn’t told Liah He was oddly possessive about stuff Not creepy or anything, but she was co to understand that his human and animal sides constantly battled each other
She’d seen it in his eyes earlier when she’d insisted on driving to the party He hadn’t wanted to let her Truthfully, she was surprised he’d given in The s help at the store today, but he’d also been an even bigger distraction
It was i about him was pure male He practically reeked of testosterone Normally men like that annoyed her, but with Lia hi what it would be like to run her hands up hiselse would be just as tight and firm She absolutely knew it
When they entered the bar, she was io and it showed Nothe place
The purple and pink lights created a soft glow around the darkened roorade It was still early and the place wasn’t crowded yet She i on one of the leather couches in one of the corners of the expansive bar Naturally she was surrounded by four men
When Kat spotted them, however, she lad you guys are here" She grabbed Deceed them to the bar "I need a drink"