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Muted voices drew Baden around a corner and into a spacious kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances and white quartz countertops His woman--his sweetest torment--came into view, and his body hardened, readied for her

Had ain

She’d taken a shower and changed her clothes A pink tank top and faded jeans made her look feminine and delicate--but he wanted her naked

She placed bowls of food and water in front of the dogs while talking to--

The naotten it Fox, the new keeper of Distrust She’d been here all along

Stay away from Fox

Words Williaht-hand woold eyes and angular features She was slender but obviously tough The kind of woman Baden had always found most attractive, and yet she couldn’t compare to the delicate Katarina

"--he like?" Fox asked With Distrust as her couish at all hours of the day and night

"Stubborn," Katarina said "Aggravating Distrustful--"

"That, I can understand"

He--as in ue to the roof of his " A heavy sigh "Witty, sexy and protective Too protective!"

She thinks I’ a blade Their gazes ed, all Women!

"You failed to irls jolted, facing him in unison Katarina’s jaw dropped

"You’re covered in char," she said

"I a with Fox, a sense of effervescence between the? For her? No Never Had to be for Distrust But Baden wanted nothing to do with the fiend He wouldn’t miss a cancer that had been cut from his body, or any other disease he’d shed

Except, at times, the demon had been his only source of companionship Even with the other warriors around his weren’t always accurate, were they?

S flaed? Because of hi to you?"