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Moving carefully, he slid his arainst his chest She’d had coffee; if she woke up, she was going to go ballistic on hier, if he was lucky But she wasn’t sleeping on this couch in the coe She had a bed Two actually, his and hers If she needed to sleep, then she could do so in comfort

As he e, she cuddled closer, her cold little nose burying itself against his neck as a little shiver worked over her

She was cold A surge of possessiveness shot through him at the realization The caverns weren’t cold They were a co If by chance any part of the units in place to take care of that

He held her closer as he h the stone- and steel-reinforced tunnels to their quarters Her bed had been turned down for her, he knew, the lights left low, but he was damned if he wanted to put her in her own bed

He wondered if it were possible that she would sleep through hi to leave her dressed, though he wasn’t as sacrificing where his own clothes were concerned Tucking her against his naked body would tickle the hell out of him

It orth trying Better to fight it out with her now than to try to seduce her there in a week or so Maybe he just needed to put his foot down a bit He’d never done that with her Never given her boundaries other than that of not allowing her father on Haven or Base without his presence

She had si her family rather than do it in front of him

He frowned darkly as he entered his own room

Or had she forgone seeing them?

He glanced down at her Dammit, he had stated she couldn’t see the money she had seen them somewhere else Why the hell hadn’t he considered that l

oophole? Anya would not have gone this long without seeing her fa with him

Cunning, conniving little i about her? And he knew clearly that he obviously was Anya was stubborn as hell, but she loved her family with a devotion he was frankly jealous of

He knew clear to the bottout that she had uards’ full endorse about the dahshod over hienius Ashley that so loved playing the du little Eed to teer twins they were fostering

Shaking his head, he settled his mate carefully on his own turned-down bed and eased the little blanket she had tried to use for warmth away from her as he lifted the sheet and cohts He stripped to his skin, slid in beside her and eased her into his arms

He alainst his own chilled flesh The way she settled in against hi feet, her nose buried against his shoulder, her rounded body tucked into his until he could feel her war into him