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Asa’s draas suddenly tight and thick in a way I had never heard before His eyes, which were norold coins, darkened to so intense and intent like I had never see in him before

"Royal She lives across the hall from Nash, and since Saint practically lives with him now, the two of them are inseparable"

The two redheads were an odd irls could be Saint was low-key, soft-spoken, and about as huet She had coppery hair and freckles, so I liked to tease her that she looked like Pippy Longstocking Royal Hastings had been genetically gifted in every way a young woman could be She was tall, had perfect skin, cocoa-colored eyes, and auburn hair that went on for days Her body was the kind of thing I used to think never really existed outside of a Sports Illustrated Swih in a supersexy package, she was also really nice, superfunny, and just quirky enough to

"I want" Asa’s voice dropped an octave and I saw Salem look back and forth between the two of us I hated to even think it but it sure ran through hts on Royal, that et all queasy and weird about hile"

His eyes shot back to le?"

In guy speak that totallywith her?"

I lifted a shoulder and let it fall innocently "She works a lot and has weird hours, I guess"

He put his hands on the bar across from me and leaned forward a little "What does she do?"

That was the tricky part When I told hi, I knew his interest would immediately be da with how to tell him, when Sale, "She’s a cop"

Asa’s eyes bugged out huge in his face and he took a step back from us like the news held an electrical shock

"How do you know that?" His tone was harsh when he asked her the question

Salem lifted a bare shoulder and let it fall I decided I wanted to lick along her entire collarbone and suck on the curve of her shoulder where itwithaway from her and the hurt I knew she could inflict

"She comes into the shop with Nash’s old lady all the time One tiun"

All the color fled out of Asa’s face and he shook his head back and forth like the action would dispel the truth in Salem’s words Just to drive the point home I nodded and added, "She really is I didn’t believe it when Nash first told ot juo and ended up walking around with a black eye and a busted lip She carries a badge and enforces the law, ave irl that hot should be allowed to protect and serve"

He wandered away to fix soe froht the pretty cocktail server’s eye, she smiled at me and I had to s back so with a pretty girl ca me carefully with those ebony eyes of hers, and for sorin didn’t really sit right under the scrutiny She pushed so hair over her shoulder and I watched it slither across her bare skin Flirting ht be second nature to me, but this woman was effortlessly sexy and oozed sensuality like it was an expensive perfua to be and that was just more reason to keep my distance from her