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This weapon, though, with its dull steel and the shaded glass of the scope, was all but undetectable to Breeds or humans

Until it was fired

This weapon, unlike the laser-powered variety, was loud enough to alert even the densest of the hu committed

It couldn’t be powered back to wound rather than kill or to burn rather than pierce It couldn’t be deflected by the reflector glass or cos that could stand between a man and a bullet

Or a woman and a bullet

At thecomfortably in the chair she had moved to the side of the bed, directly in front of theThe curtains were open and gave his on the low table in front of her Scuffed boots looked worn and co camisole she wore

And she was staring straight back at hi him to fire

Gideon had to smile

He was al fond of this woman after the past three months

She had a backbone, a daring no other adversary he’d known possessed She was bold, confrontational, and ent

Intelligent enough to know she was being followed and cunning enough that she had almost lost hi prey as he had this wo her

She was a damned fine adversary, and he had no doubt she would make some worthy man a damned fine lover

If she survived the little ga at the moment

He almost envied the man that would share her bed No doubt it would be the Breed whose scent he’d detected on her clothes when he slipped into her bedroom earlier

That Breed would have a wo A woo into battle with him, soothe his soul, er was over