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Abruptly realizing his fingers had drifted to the distracting fullness of her lips, Jagr dropped his hand and stepped away

What the devil was he doing? His highly honed senses ers in the area, but that didn’t ets

Where was his ruthless self-discipline? His icy logic? His barren disinterest in others?

When it cah on honey

"A vampire without a clan is always seen as a threat," he retorted, taking her arh the narrow entrance into the cave "My only hope for a measure of peace was to find a chief who controlled a stable clan with no thirst for war Nothing is without cost Even freedoan folded her ar in her heels

"Well, I’e to e for safety I’d rather take my chances with the curs"

His lips twisted at her predictable response "Hardly a logical decision"

"I don’t want to be logical I want to find Culligan and kill hir had"Wait, little one"

A frustration that Jagr fully appreciated tightened her beautiful features

"Nohat?"

"Unless you want to leave behind your clothes, you will need to take the here"

"Why bother finding a new lair? They’ll just track us down again"

"Trust me"

Emerald eyes sparked with irritation at his coly, she spun on her heel and marched toward the back of the cave rather than try to rip out his heart

Jagr wasn’t sure whether to be pleased or terrified as he followed in her stors that were so obviously precious to her, stoically ignoring Jagr as he placed his own belongings into the leather satchel he’d brought fro it over his shoulder, he an as she reached for the rumpled clothes he’d peeled froo

"Leave a few behind"

Her brows snapped together "Why?"

"I thought you were going to trustto trust s to her chest, her jaw clenched at Jagr’s soft words

She wanted to laugh at his words

She’d spent thirty years being tormented, betrayed, and abused by everyone she had ever known Now, a lethal vao wanted her to blithely put her life in his hands?

Yeah, right

So…asn’t she laughing?

Maybe because her every instinct told her that Jagr would do everything in his power to keep her safe

Whether out of fear his Anasso would mount him on the wall of his throne room or for someher conflicting e out a silver box in an obvious effort to distract her

It worked

Her eyes widened as she took Culligan’s private safe "I dropped this when you went juggernaut and launched us through the back of the RV" She et it?"

"I had Levet retrieve it There are papers in the bottoht be i what papers Culligan could possibly have that he considered worth keeping, Regan lowered her guard A stupid mistake Before she could blink she found herself hauled off her feet and firainst his chest

Da the bulky bags and led her arnored her co with fluid ease across the cave

"We can’t be sure that the explosion wasn’t a ruse to draw you out of the cave We’ll have to sneak out"

She held herself stiffly, vividly aware of the cool poashing over her skin Dammit, she wanted to be furious, not…aroused

"And if the curs are out there?" she snapped "Won’t they sense us?"