Page 6 (1/2)

"Next ti his lips down her warm cheek

She arched away frouise the passion that perfu

"There won’t be a next time" She reinforced her claim with yet another punch to his chest "I don’t need you or anyone else to save ue to the frantic pulse that beat at the base of her throat "You’ve changed, my little shrew"

"I didn’t have htened Damn the Oracles They had called him away just when this vulnerable woman had needed him theas he stroked his lips along her collarbone, silently absorbing her intoxicating scent It was at last the distant sound of sirens that forced Cezar to lift his head "We need to leave here before it is discovered that you are no longer in your roonored her protest as he bolted down the nearly e Hu in a historic hotel filled with the elite of Chicago society would certainly qualify as a disaster

Well, at least to soue"

She struggled in his grasp "Put me down"

"Not until we’re away froive them the satisfaction"

She stilled, as if startled by his blunt words "Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why do you care if I’lanced down at her wary hazel eyes, a jolt of pure h hio that you belong to rowled "No one is allowed to harant vaood plan, but one that was supposed to trap Conde Cezar and get her the answers she deserved

Instead she very ain been played by this man

If there was a trap she was the one who had fallen for the damn lure And for her trouble she had been nearly burned to death in her hotel room without one answer to show for it

God, she had been a fool to ever coood ever happened when Cezar strolled into her life

He was like her own personal kryptonite

Only cuter With the sort of sex appeal that set her body on fire andpressed to the nearest wall and feeling his large, hard…

No, Anna, no

He was bad news

And until he gave her a feers there would be no hot, sweaty, delicious sex

Stirring up the eer, Anna concentrated on the hard,ease She had warned Cezar she was no longer the weak, innocent woman he had known in the past It was time to prove her words were e of Cezar trapped in ooey an to falter, his beautiful eyes widening in shock as the air congealed and wrapped around his body, forcing hi her with a satisfying wariness Ha That would teach the arrogant ass "I have stopped, querida, release the bonds"

"Do you pro ?"

"I…" He hissed in obvious pain "Anna, you must release your power My ribs are already fractured"

Her s bested the vaaze Oh…shit She had been so busy showing off that she hadn’t really considered the consequences

Just how long was it until dawn?

"I’m not sure I can," she at last confessed "I don’t exactly kno I do it"

Half expecting his he kept so carefully hidden, Anna was caught off guard when he did no aze deep into her eyes

"Just concentrate," he murmured

"Concentrate on what?"

"Relax your mind" His head lowered so he could whisper directly into her ear "Shhh…just relax Just let it all go That’s it, Anna"

His soft words poured through her body like war her feel as if she were floating She allowed her senses to seek out the invisible bonds, atte toand then, without warning, they appeared like steel bands in her iroan as they ruthlessly crushed his body Crap With a surge of panic she forced herself to shatter theroan before she found herself being set roughly onto her feet About her, the early spring breeze returned to whipping happily down the street, seehted as Cezar to be released fro her balance, Anna watched as Cezar pressed a hand to his chest