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What were they sensing? she wondered It couldn’t be any e from her, because she made certain her emotions remained locked as deep inside her as possible

But the deeper she tried to bury theher the physical ache centered in her wo out of control and overtaking her with a heat she couldn’t avoid

Thankfully, when the elevator stopped on the twenty-fifth floor and Josiah stepped out, the tension seemed to ease A second later, a brief nod and Lawe’s hand was pressing against her back, guiding her firmly out of the elevator and down the hall

There were Breed guards stationed at every rooantly carpeted hallway

She saw Callan and Merinus’s personal guards, as well as Wolfe and Hope’s and Del-Rey and Anya’s Each alpha had four personal guards while the second-in-coh-profile Breed leaders or Pack alphas normally only traveled with two

Unless they were ned no fewer than four Enforcers for security to ensure they weren’t struck in retaliation or kidnapped for research

“Here’s our room” Lawe stepped to a set of wide double doors, slid the key card through it, then opened the door and moved aside

Rule and Josiah h each roo devices or any other electronic or digital threats

And Lawe thought he was going to keep her standing at the door?

Her lips tightened as she deter area while Josiah entered the double doors that led to the sleeping area, and Rule went in the opposite direction to inspect the kitchenette and dining area

Luxuriously appointed and opening to a balcony shielded with long, gauzy curtains, the soft dove-gray carpeting sank beneath her boots while the creas, gave a relaxing, peaceful air to the living area Diane stood within

She felt anything but peaceful, anything but calm

Moving to one side of the beautiful glass and wrought-iron balcony doors, she carefully, and with a sense of regret, closed the heavy, roo shades

The view of thepeacefully on the water and the tranquil breeze blowing gently across it should have been a sin to cover

She could have used the breeze blowing across her face, filling her senses for a moment But the risk that came with the Breeds’ lives didn’t make it worth it Because it could all be blown to hell with one well-placed bullet