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Kane atching hihtful Mercury had had enough He brushed past the other two and jerked the door open as he h the narrow corridors of what had once been a Council lab The cameras followed him; he could feel theainst his back, they burned into his flesh and sent a surge of anger pulsing through him

He moved to the first floor, turned down the hall and stepped back into Ria’s office, where she lifted her head, surprise showing on her face

“Merc?” she asked warily as he moved to the corner of the room, lifted his ar to her

Ria stared at hihlighted with tiny blue sparks She swore they glittered like blue stars against a pure gold backdrop

As large as he was, he suddenly appeared larger, his ers clenched around the camera in his hand

“Was I raping you?” he snarled back at her, his canines flashing and so in his eyes

“Excuse me?” She stood from her desk slowly

“Was I raping you?” The camera flew from his hand to strike the wall across froer, it was betrayal So in his voice, in his expression, echoed with it

“You weren’t raping me” She shook her head slowly

He paced closer to the desk, staring at her, eating her with his eyes She could feel his gaze al over her face

“Are you scared of hten you, Ria?” He suddenly sneered “Is that why you’re reluctant to take my touch, to feel pleasure frooddamned animal?”

“Let ive you an anilared back at hiht be pissed, Mercury Warrant, but that’s no reason to take His name in vain Settle down or leave”

Riawith nerves He was nearly enraged, furious over soe, that hard, lonely look in his eyes did so to her that it shouldn’t It h for this man to ache for him

“Answer me” His hands flattened on the table in a short, sharp burst of fleshwood “Is that why you’re reluctant to take me to your bed? Do you fear me?”

She lifted her eyes, let her gaze lock with his “The only thing I’m scared of where you’re concerned,” she stated clearly, “is allowing you to ever ain Other than that, no, you don’t scare ry”