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Etienne’s brown eyes flashed ahed "No offense, but this is one of the reasons I wantin her fiancE "You look hot"

"That’s a good thing, right?"

"It is for ain

"I’ to say anything She wanted to spend the rest of the night, as Sean said, drooling over his out

"No I haven’t changed yet I’ll be ready in a couple of minutes" As she moved to squeeze past him in the doorway, she rose onto her toes, looped her ar, passionate, I-wish-I-could-strip-you-naked-and-have-roaned when she pulled away

"Iafter her with glowing eyes full of desire

And adorably mussed hair

Forty minutes later, his hair was once more tamed, she was squeezed into a little black dress and heels, and Sean wore slacks and a dress shirt Together, the three strode up the sidewalk in front of a modest middle-class home parked on a nice-sized plot of land in the country outside of Carrboro

When they reached the front porch, she turned to s okay?"

"Yes," he said, fidgeting inside his suit jacket and s"

"They are?"

"Yes"

"Oh Okay" He closed his eyes, drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly His lids lifted "What about now?"

"Still glowing"

He swore, then closed his eyes again Breathed deeply

Sean caught her eye and raised his brows

Krysta shrugged No bulge strained against the front of Etienne’s slacks, so it wasn’t lust

He opened his eyes "What about now?"

"Still glowing"

Again he swore and repeated the process

"Sweetie, you aren’t nervous, are you?"

"Of course not"

On the other side of him, Sean mouthed, "Yes, he is"

This time, when Etienne’s lids lifted, they revealed warood"

He nodded "Thank you"

She rang the doorbell

Footsteps approached fro open

Krysta donned a bright ss spread, Zach rode the breeze, swooping and twirling as he raced the uiding it nearly scraped her knee on the pave it far too fast Her long,off the sheathed shoto swords strapped to her back

Garbed all in black, she wasn’t wearing her long coat tonight and, no doubt, would have generated a great deal of attention if any other drivers on the road could keep up with her long enough to notice the , she turned onto David’s drive and stopped before the security gate

Zach’s gaze lingered on her long legs, outlined nicely by fitted cargo pants, as she straddled the bike and typed in the code

When the gate swung open, she shot forward oncehih breaks in the trees that formed a canopy between thee owl Feathers flew as the owl panicked Talons threatened Zach banked, reversed, dodged, and lost sight of Lisette By the tiht up with her, she had stowed her hel up the walk to David’s front door

He waited until she entered, then spread his wings and gently floated down to the rooftop

A heavy weight sla several ribs, and lifting him from the roof

North Carolina vanished, replaced by icy tundra being swept clean by a blizzard

Zach grunted in pain as his back slalacial surface as hard as stone Several bones in the wings he hadn’t had tis Ice pellets peppered hi skin left bare save his usual leather pants

Squinting against the white, he focused on the figure kneeling above hiold