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Co he could do this, he wanted to reach the end To know he’d be okay even then

He tried softer strokes, then hard again, softer then harder Harder still

Nothing worked--until Noelle’s ilossy brown hair hanging past her shoulders, the sun glittering behind her and foruid, the lids at half- liquid silver as she traced them over his body Her lush mouth was parted, as if she couldn’t quite catch her breath As if the sight of him had aroused her

Next he saw her on his bed She was naked, her nipples pink and beaded Her stomach hollowed, and as he watched, enraptured, she dabbled her fingers around her navel, teasing herself--teasing him

A s wide The curls between her legs were dark and glistening with her desire So much desire For him Only him

"Hector," she said, a prayer and a curse all at once "I need you"

Yes, da inside this pliant, dreained the way she clutched hiht

His cock loved the iery as much as his mind, and his pleasure deepened His strokes becaood

"Don’t stop," she pleaded, all serness as her knees squeezed at his waist

"No," he gritted "Never"

"Yes, Hector, yes Touch me Please, touch ain He was going to touch her Touch her everywhere Was going to brand her, own her, become all that she knew, all that she wanted to know Was even reaching for her …

His balls drew up tight, sensation ra … Oh, hallelujah! He squeezed the head of his penis and jetted white-hot into his palm Finally, finally, thank you God, finally

When his shudders at last calh, the pleasure, and glorying in his success

His Success The tords echoed inside his otten hi himself or anyone else

It was a miracle It was … his salvation Whispers of exciteh him From this moment on, he could take care of himself More words echoed He could actually take care of hi And damn, he should have realized that sooner Felt stupid that he hadn’t, and yet that still didn’t da, he walked into the hallway bathroo The itching and burning in his arms had subdued completely He was utterly calm, under control It was like his slate had just been wiped clean He felt wonderfully normal

And now, any time his arms acted up, or his need became too ain He wouldn’t have to call a hooker He found hi, the sound rusty

He went to his bedrooe of his bed--such a terrible start to his day, with such a spectacular finish--then dialed Mia Snow, his bitch on wheels of a teosa, his real boss, had taken a leave of absence for heart problee of the New Chicago offices

Truth be told, Hector had been a little surprised by Jack’s choice Mia was a good agent, one of the best, certainly, but Hector had been on staff just as long as she had, and had just as many arrests and kills Same with Dallas Hell, same with Ghost and Jaxon And Jaxon was the most diplomatic of them all Or rather, he used to be

Probably didn’t hurt that Snoas dating one of the most powerful men on Earth An Arcadian as as rich as Noelle, maybe richer, with the ability to ht, control people with his mind, and predict the future

Hector was a little envious of Kyrin’s openness The guy didn’t care who knew about his origins or his powers How nice would it be to have that kind of freedo else?

But Hector’s abilities destroyed, caused pain, and with pain caht a whole new pot of problems to the table Someone--probably multiple someones--would want to put him down to "protect" the innocent

"This is Snow," she said five rings in

"Hey It’s Hector" No preli held?"

Breath crackled over the connection "You beat me to the punch I was just about to call you"

The tension in her voice distressed hi threw her off her ga?"

"They’re ?" His happiness vanished in an instant His fingers squeezed the cell, nearly cracking the plastic Relax "Tell uards at their doors Doctor goes in to check on one, and she’s gone He thinks she left on her own, so he goes to the next rooone Same deal with the rest"

"Any witnesses?"

"No one I’s, but …"

"You don’t think you’ll get anything" Recorders were set up strategically throughout the city, and because alien voices were so different from that of humans, in ways humans couldn’t detect without the proper machinery, those recorders only picked up otherworlder conversations

When you had a location and a ti specific conversations was easy However, otherworlders knew about the recorders and knew to commit their crimes quietly

"Correct," Mia said "I’ve already watched video feed and there was no one co in or out of their room except theout that was big enough to hold a body"

"The worabbed thele" They were alien, so their voices would have been recorded

"I’ll let you dig through the recordings"