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True to his word, Colton finished ten minutes later and walked over to the car

"We’re not far froate, from there it’s about twentyher arrinned and winked She laughed He was such a flirt She walked back to her car He had left it running with the heat on What a sweetie She followed his car down the dirt road When he turned down an almost undetectable path, she sent up a prayer of thanks that he had found her She would have never found the city entrance without hie estate house She parked behind hiot out They walked towards the porch

"I’ to let the to the city so they can put someone else on perimeter watch" Colton held open the front door for her

"Sounds good I still need to find a place in the city to stay and a garage to get these tires replaced, so we’ll have to take care of that," she said

Colton nodded "No problem I know a few retired warriors that rent apartments, we’ll check with them first"

"That would be a life saver," she smiled up at him

Colton shut the door behind the in the foyer Unfortunately, she landed face first

"Shit! Are you okay?" Colton gently helped her up and winced when he looked at her face

She gingerly touched her nose and her fingers came aith blood "At least it’s not broken I kno that feels"

"Do you break it often enough to know?" Colton’s eyes widened

"Yup I’m kind of a klutz"

"That sounds fa

"You" A deep male voice said from above them Elizabeth turned and looked up At the top of the stairs was the eous man she had ever seen He was tall, but lean with broad shoulders that tapered off to a narroaist Dark hair fell carelessly around his shoulders in waves But it was his grey eyes that captivated her, the intensity in his gaze es in his eyes When they shifted frorey to red she sed hard

His movements were a blur as he flen the stairs He backed her up against the door caging her in with his arms on either side

"Gavriel! Man! What the hell?" Colton yelled

"Leave us!" the dark haired ether" Colton said as he tried to wedge himself between them Her body reacted to Colton’s interference She didn’t want to er When she inhaled, it dawned on her that this man was a va his claws across his forearrabbed his arm "Man! What the fuck?"