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"Are you listening to ? I aodda And where’s the vial?"

Once he had the jacket off, she zeroed in on the dark stain on his arers Any anger she felt dissipated in a rush of panic and concern

"Oh shit You were shot?" She rushed over and began to pull up his shirt

"I’m fine," he said, but he didn’t try to stop her

"You’re bleeding"

"Bullet just grazed aze rocketed to his "Oh, and you’re some kind of psychic doctor, I suppose How do you know?"

He shrugged "I’ve been shot a few tiht "Spare me the details

Let’s get this shirt off" She drew the shirt over his head, then peeled it gently away fro special care when she pulled the fabric down his injured arround, spotting a grey brick building with a single overhead light a short distance away Bathrooot a first aid kit in the bike?"

"Yeah Left saddlebag"

She hurried over and fuht, then pushed hiht switch revealed a di Thankfully there was a wink and paper towels in there

"Sit," she ordered, pointing him toward the wooden bench next to the shower

"Bossy," he teased, grinning up at her

Ignoring hiht and placed it on the edge of the sink so it was pointing toward his aret a look at the injury

Like he said, it was a graze Mean looking and about three inches long, but not deep enough to need stitches He was lucky the bullet had barely scraped the flesh of his ar stopped and after spreading soe over the wound

The hot rush of adrenaline she’d felt after she’d seen the blood dripping down his arm cal hio convinced herself she was iain She should have known better than to think he would everto be fine," she said, pushing her e up and turned to him

"I could have told you that" He stood "But thank you anyway"

"You’re welco in front of hie of bullets, hopped on the back of his bike for a quick escape, then yelled at hiun

She sure as hell wasn’t the sairl had been sweet and gentle and fragile The woh obviously her Curvier too, with low slung jeans hugging her hips, a snug-fitting polo shirt that accentuated fuller breasts and a slender waist But as conizable was her attitude

She stared at hi Hell, he didn’t knohat to say She licked her lips and he followed the track of her little pink tongue swiping across her full bottoaze went froled with the present

God, she really was here Hewhen she hit the wall But her gaze never left his Even in the darkened bathroo the sao The heat between theo

Aw, fuck it He never was h He braced his hands on either side of her head andat the bandage, then back at him

"Is fine"

Her lips were still parted and he heard her breathing

Rapid little pants in and out, like she was having trouble catching her breath But this tio

"Mac," she whispered, whether in warning or invitation he didn’t know

Before it beca from her lips, he slanted his mouth over hers and took possession

Chapter Two

Mac drank in the sound of Lily’s whiroan of his own

A thousand reasons why he shouldn’t be doing this fired through his brain He shut theirl anymore She was an adult And until and unless she said no, he was barreling full steaood Hot and sweet and wet He shifted, wrapping his uninjured arainst his body He riue, then slid it between her teeth to find hers, lapping against the velvet softness And she wasn’t saying no Not with the way her body sank into his

Lily pal her warm hands over his skin He couldn’t think rationally, just wanted her naked against hi the muscles there quiver while he lifted her shirt and jerked it over her head A sexy little black bra barely contained her breasts He traced the swells where they dipped into the satin enclosure She shuddered

Her eyes--soft, wide pools of dark blue--registered surprise He’d always loved her eyes They told hi