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Fuck, he hadn’t been this hard froer He shook his head and forced hiet lost between a pair of s to the woman destined to rule his country
He turned off the engine and exited the vehicle No one appeared, but they’d been ordered to keep their distance and only approach if necessary Spooking the princess any enda He rounded the car and opened the passenger door; she didn’t e Doubt tickled the back of his neck He’d doused the handkerchief hi its way out of her system by now If she wasn’t awake in the next half hour, he’d have to call in the medic on staff to help
Scooping her up, he tried to ignore the way her head fit perfectly against his shoulder and how even in sleep she curled an arm across his chest as he strode across toward the château’s front door The slight hitch in her breath was his only warning She snagged the nine-millimeter from his shoulder holster and pushed out of his ar her feet shoulder width apart, holding the Glock in a corip that spoke of a wo at his head
“Put the keys in the ignition and then drop to the ground, face pressed to the driveway” A strand of reddish-blond hair flopped down onto her forehead, dipping doard one brown eye Without taking her steady gaze off him, she let out a hard huff of air and blew it out of the way “Don’t move after that and I won’t have to kill you”
He brushed his fingertips across his tie, activating the comm unit “Stand down and stay back” Then he took one step closer, putting the gun within reach of his long ars will be going down”
If she was surprised at hi her title, it didn’t show
She pushed the Glock’s safety doith a smooth stroke of her thumb and slid back the top of the barrel to load a bullet in the chamber “So you knoho I am”
“I know everything about you” Right down to the fact that she slept in a ratty Fashion Institute of Harbor City T-shirt and wool socks pulled up to her knees
One side of herher pouty pink lips into a smirk “I doubt that”
He lunged for her right as she pulled the trigger
Chapter Three
Elle knew guns like she knew the contents of her shoe closet When it came to survival, she didn’t mess around, but she hadn’t planned for Douy, he er tight and the bullet clearing the chaers around her tightly Despite the adrenaline giving her an extra boost of strength, he ed to shove her arm up The shot ild
He spun her around, slung his free arm around her waist, and yanked her to his were tree trunks in suit pants The side of her head slaat the cloudless sky
Every nerve in her body was on high alert and tuned in to hiainst her cheek, the confidence in his stance as he wrapped hi her instead of kidnapping her, the war teer, and had already gotten the drop on her twice
Third time’s the charm Get ready