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Shoes I needed to get on s on the floor and found the the knots Of course Kaidan Roould knohat freesia s lust training

"Going so in the bathroom door I wouldn’t meet his eyes, afraid they’d be as stormy as they were after our kiss

I stood and looked at the clock It was nine "Yeah, I’ for a run"

"Mind if I join you?"

I huffed out a determined breath and looked at hi for me"

He raised his eyebrows in response

"Teach me to hide my colors"

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

HIDING EMOTIONS

The silence between us as we ran was co to adjust our strides to fit each other We passed a nearby strip mall and headed for the hills Other than the occasional passing car, ere alone

We came across a cluster of rocks and boulders and clio At the top, Kaidan lay back, hands behind his neck I stayed sitting up with s crossed, next to hi with ht he’d fallen asleep I peeked down and found hi at the stars One of his hands rested on his abdomen, and the other was at his side, close to ers, masculine knuckles, and short nails Possessed by some basic instinct to nurture, I slipped my hand into his For one horrible second I expected him to pull away froh his breathing see like when Patti and I held hands or when Scott held h the party This felt inti scurried below us in the dirt, maybe a lizard I liked lizards Or it could have been a scorpion or snake Those possibilitiesabout poisonous reptiles"

He chuckled I hoped he had a knife on him, just in case I wondered how our bodies would react to poison