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Reotten, Vash cal ed after him "Commander Adrian took my blood"

He turned slowly back to her "Why?"

"I don’t know"

"We need to know So with the Wraith Virus, perhaps?"

"What else?"

"Find out" He left, his stride clipped with repressed violence

Vash got to work on the co out into the field in theShe’d hoped to tap Elijah for assistance with that, but he was stil gone and they were already a day behind schedule

Sitting at one of the coroups based on physical characteristics, trying to create wel -rounded tea and smal , heavy and slender

The moment El returned, she felt it The air in the roo ani

He ca with a flood of relief that nearly made her dizzy She watched hily sexy inch, eyeing his confident stride and the sleek fluidity of his movements And she wasn’t the only one awed by the air of co to him His path across the open space between them was tracked by everyone, but his eyes were locked on her Hot and fiercely deter close to deference

God, he was gorgeous Beautiful, real y, although she’d never cal him that to his face He was too fiercely masculine to be even re Defined by slabs of powerful ainst her Over her

Inside her… The other vampresses in the roo with distrust and lingering resent sexual y attracted to a lycan, but the quantity of fe to chafe He wasn’t available for that kind of interest and she wanted everyone to know it To respect it

He paused by a table of vaether travel packets of cash, debit cards, IDs, and cel phones He thanked theenuinely when it was refused with less hostility than had been displayed when he’d walked in

The smile stayed in place as he headed toward her, but it took on a wicked, sexy edge that sizzled through her

"Hey," he said when he stopped beside her He looked at the computer screen and shook his head "You can’t put Luke and Tho for Bethany and so does Horatio It’s best if you don’t put her in a group with either one of them"

"Fuck it al " She pushed back from the desk Of course he knew such personal details He took the ti on this for over an hour"

"You got the vaht? Then don’t worry about the rest I’lhim up close, she noted the exhaustion that rimmed his eyes and reed "But it won’t take much"

She stood and rocked back on her heels What she real y wanted to do was step forward into him He smel ed delicious She knew he tasted that way, too Al over Inside and out "Can I talk to you a moment?"

She led the way to one of the offices It was dark inside, as waslycans Neither she nor Elijah required light to see, which orking to her benefit now By keeping the lights off, he would be less likely to read anything on her face she didn’t want him to

The door had barely shut behind them when she found herself in his arht at the waist and nape, she was held iasped in surprised pleasure, and the kiss swiftly heated His tongue slid deep and slow into herin a steady unhurried rhythm that made her ache for h his hair and the other up beneath his shirt He arched and groaned at her touch, as responsive to her as she was to hiainst her parted lips

Vash sed, trying to hang on to the wits that would enable her to tel hi relationship The exquisite taste of hi her reason

He nuzzled his nose against hers "I brought back so me alive"

She was too happy about that Already she was dreading his getting on a separate plane from her tomorrow, one that would take him to the opposite side of the country froed either of their nahtaway, and they ood kisser He took his ti the act as if he didn’t care if anything more intimate fol owed it

But she cared Sixty years without sexual desire and suddenly being naked with Elijah was daht about

"I want you" The words were out of Vash’s ht them Mortified, her head fel forward to press her forehead into his shoulder She just had to get through another six hours until they parted, a fehich he’d sleep through "Forget I said that"

"Why?" His hand at her waist dropped to the curve of her ass and e of his erection

Her entire body lit up like a live wire He was hard and ready for her, and she craved him--one last tiot her head back in the gaet so"

"So you do al the work I’l just kick back and cos

"Ow! Damn it" He shoved her back "Go easy on me I’m in recovery"

"Which is why you need sleep, not sex" But god, he tasted good She licked her lips, littered in the darkness "You’ve revved me up Now the sleep won’t come without the sex"

"Cryto tel you"

He covered her rowled His grin flashed before he released her

"Get on with it, then," she snapped

"Can’t" There was nothing even reetic in his tone He popped open the brass snaps holding her vest together and took possession of a heavy, tender breast "Al the blood has flowed into my other brain Have to take care of that first"