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She hesitated "I was on edge"
"Did you feel threatened?"
"Da after we had our little," she stopped herself ht after you dropped me at work"
He pushed to his feet "Make tis, Lauren Oneto talk to Luke Don’t open the door to anyone" He glanced at Julie "Knock on Luke’s door before you leave I don’t want you walking to your car alone" He headed for the door, not giving her a chance to answer
"Wow," he heard Julie say softly, but not soft enough "He’s a big sexy, grizzly alpha of aout for you, but how’s the grizzly alpha thing going?"
Royce didn’t allow himself to hear the answer, he couldn’t risk the distraction, or his reaction He pushed open the door and locked it before pulling it shut, with one focus Protecting Lauren, so that when this was over, she could scream and shout and kick hi her safe and alive
After spending a good hour that she should have been working talking with Julie, Lauren dived into her work, ignoring the rumble of her stoht her had worked all of half an hour, so she popped some aspirin she found in Royce’s bathrooet some work done before she took the iven her
She picked up the box of her work froe oak desk that set just off the living area, and by the kitchen door She set it down at her feet and started pulling out her files, rerizzly alpha’s home She sood friend who could make a smile possible at a time like this Lauren wasn’t sure as more surprised, her or Julie, over just how much Lauren liked her alpha male’s alpha side
A loud sound filled the silence of the roo in her ears, to scan the rooaze riveted to the fireplace opposite the couch, air rushing fro Oh yeah, she was rattled all right She sank back to the leather chair beneath her and wished Royce would return Alone wasn’t all that appealing right now She unloaded her files onto the desk, deciding ould be the best distraction, but pausing at the smaller letter sized flat box Alice had told her about
She sighed and snatched a letter opener to break the seal down the h she knehat the reports were supposed to say, she never took a verbal as final when headed into trial She flipped open the double-sided lid and stared at the contents, her heart dropping to her stoe lay on top with today’s date marked off
"Don’t touch it," she whispered to herself and stood up, afraid so to explode or bite her or she took off running for the door Once she was there, she fumbled with the lock "Damn, damn open!" It jerked towards her and she burst into the hallway, her bare feet padding on the wooden floor, as she started yelling, "Royce! Royce!"
The door down the hallway opened and Luke appeared, rushing towards her, grabbing hold of her, and pulling a gun fro?"
"Lauren!" Royce shouted charging up the stairwell
Lauren tore herself away fro, powerful are It was delivered to ht it and I opened it"