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"Where are we going?" she asked

"It’s a surprise," Gabe rean in the pit of her stomach "I don’t know if I like surprises"

Lucian’s hand brushed her back "You’re going to like this one"

Julia wasn’t so sure about that, especially when Gabe rounded a corner and then pushed open the doors that clearly read EMPLOYEES ONLY "Are we allowed back here?"

Lucian chuckled fro several waiters and cooks who glanced in their direction but said nothing The aro chicken was everywhere, and she dimly noted how incredibly clean the kitchen was Wow

Perhaps she’d had too e her hand as he pulled her around the loaded sinks and past another door They entered a dark hall "Places where only a few people know about"

"Hidden bars and restaurants," Lucian added as they caar shops, clubs and whatnot hidden away fro behind them

"Yep" Lucian pulled out his wallet, and appeared to hold some sort of card in his hand He swiped it over the side panel of the elevator "You have to know the city to knohere they are"

The elevator door slid open

"And you need to know people" Gabe pulled her forward

Julia stepped in, and immediately realized that the elevator was small, like al a button on the wall The only button The door eased shut, and then it was just the three of theht hyperventilate Gabe was in front of her and Lucian was directly behind her There was only about an inch separating each of them

"This isthis is a s her hand free fro the scent of either Lucian’s or Gabe’s cologne

"It is" Lucian’s breath stirred the hair at her temple "You probably don’t want to kno old it is"

She turned sideways, halting when her hip brushed against Gabe and her arot really close to a certain part of Lucian she ell faht freak out"

"Are you scared of being trapped in elevators?" Gabe asked

She wastrapped with them, but she didn’t answer Her heart simply pounded in her chest as she felt Lucian’s hand on her upper araze flicked to Gabe, and her heart leapt into her throat when he reached over and caught a strand of hair that had fallen across her cheek

A faint smile pulled at Gabe’s lips as he tucked the errant piece of hair behind her ear Their gazes connected as Lucian slid his hand down her arh air into her lungs to make a difference A fine tremor started in her hands and traveled up her arms Her ht

They were brothers

In that ured out another reason why one was called Lucifer and the other Deaze away, focusing on the door This had to be the longest elevator ride known to ht Gabe , but what she was sure of was the fact that she hadn’t told either of them to back off Not once did she even truly have the desire to do so It hadn’t even crossed her h, her nerves stretched too tight

What in the world rong with her?

Julia knew damn well she couldn’t bla her to bounce back into Lucian He steadied her as the door slid open, and blissfully cool air rushed into the suddenly stifling elevator

It took a moment for her to realize they were on a rooftop Gabe stepped out first, and then Lucian took that hand that his brother had held earlier

"What is this?" She was shocked by the huskiness in her voice

Lucian’s grasp on her hand tightened "Co like she was in soaze swung around the rooftop She’d lost sight of Gabe White canopies billowed softly in the wind, covering what appeared to be large chaise lounges Tall potted plants dotted the rooftop, providing privacy and she i the day She smelled chlorine as they crossed the rooftop, so she believed there was a pool nearby Stars blanketed the cloudless sky and silvery ht to see your way

"Wow," she breathed "This is"

Lucian tugged her close "You haven’t seen anything yet"

He was right