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“I didn’t think you would be interested, just to start with” She shrugged before brushing the thick strands of her dark brunette hair back frolasses on her face “And it’s an ano”
“How long have you known?” So
Ely took a deep breath “Al off in hio There are onlyup in his system now Within a few months, I expect his system will be completely free of the heat”
Dawn sat down slowly in the upholstered chair closest to her and stared back at Ely “Why not in ely hollo, alone, in a way she hadn’t felt in ten years
“I don’t knon,” Ely said softly “I suspect it’s because it began in you Your Breed physiology may not allow for the hormone levels to recede”
She stared back at Ely, her breathing rough, while inside—inside she felt the Cougar that so often lay dorh the instinctive Breed synapses and shot through the woman’s mind
She wasn’t just a wohtmares of a past that she couldn’t escape She was also athe bonds that held theether
“Dawn, you should be happy for this,” Ely told her gently “I know it’s bothered you that Seth suffers…”
“He’s y
Ely stared back at her in surprise for long seconds “Not any longer, Dawn Seth is no longer yourheat will recede from your system as well”
CHAPTER 3
Dawn remembered, ten years before, when Seth and his father had arrived at Sanctuary to claim Taber’s hter and Seth’s half sister They had been searching for her for years, and had found her during a newscast that reported that Roni Andrews, a known associate of the Breeds, carried a mark on her neck si mark
They had crashed through the gates of Sanctuary, and Cassie Sinclair had run through the Breeds surrounding their limo, careless of her own safety, and jumped inside to ensure that these unknown people were protected
Dawn and her teauest houses during that week, and she had gotten to know Seth in a way she had never known another man
His dominance and power lay beneath the surface of the man He was steel hard on the inside, but he kne to sently, how to brush against her or touch her withouther stomach contract with terror