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He opened his palm Jade tried to swipe the keys, but he snatched theo together"

Her gaze held his "Sure that won’t be too much temptation for you?" Oh, yeah, she said it

But then the guy surprised her when he said, "Will it be too much for you?"

Her jaw dropped Maybe

Screw this Jade rushed for the back door They could play coy and settle the tension between the

Her feet thudded down the wooden steps, and Az rushed right behind her They hit the edge of the swa fallen trees and branches The heat beat down on them, and Jade didn’t even want to think about the snakes that were probably lying in wait

She hated snakes

The thick scent of vegetation surrounded theae, waited to the left A log--no, not a log, a gator--drifted lazily in the sludge

Her heart shoved into her ribs Faster, faster, she zipped through the swamp Northwest Three miles wasn’t so much

Except it seeh a darabbed her wrist and jerked her against hi

He covered herus" His whisper

And she heard the thud of pounding feet--co quickly toward them

A shifter would be able to pick up their scent and follow them perfectly in the swamp But if it were just humanshumans wouldn’t be able to track theainst Az’s chest His gaze held hers They waited

Humansor shifters?

Az pulled her deeper into the shadows of so trees His hand slipped away fro Neither dared speak

"Dah the swamp "I saw the," came another voice Also male Also pissed

The sound of her breath seemed far too loud to Jade And those voices were too close She rose up on her tiptoes, and, over Az’s shoulder, she caught sight of the men

Unifor in their direction