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Janvier used his body to block her “I’ with you”

Hersiether Back then, they’d been antagonists who’d declared a temporary truce, and the problem had been a clusterfuck in Atlanta Now, he was openly attached to the Tohich technically put them on the same side They’d worked like a well-honed partnership in Atlanta, fallen back into the sa the battle As if they had always beento face the awful, painful grief that lurked beneath her anger, she stepped into the elevator when it opened to disgorge one of her neighbors

Janvier waited until after the other woman was out of earshot to say, “I don’t trust it when you cooperate” Narrowed eyes

“Don’t co rid ofout one hand to block the closing door, he got in

The first time he’d called her cher, it had been a wicked flirt Somehow, the term had become more in the years since, an endearment reserved for her Never did she hear him use it with anyone else

Today, he stood too close to her on the ride down, his scent a sexy, infuriating bite against her senses A great big part of her wanted to haul him down to her mouth She knew full well that seconds after she did, he’d have her slas wrapped around his waist as he pounded his cock into her, their hands and reedy to touch, to possess, to taste

Her and Janvier’s chemistry had never been in question

When he walked out the elevator in front of her, she couldn’t help but ad and lean, his muscles that of a runner or a swirace that fooled people into thinking he wasn’t a threat

Ashwini knew different

Just under a year prior, he’d sent in three decapitated heads to the Tower to signal the end of an execution order Those heads had belonged to va her in a pack She’d killed two of the cowards, wounded the others, and it was the others Janvier had delivered

Of course, he’d never claiht the vael Ashwini knew the truth only because Sara had had it direct froel Raphael and the most powerful vampire in the country