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Though only for a few seconds, because here she stood before a gorgeous h she was beco all too aware of his internal scars

She hadn’t been bared and vulnerable in front of another person since she was eighteen Or…never, actually Because even with Michael, she’d been shrouded by bedcovers

She couldn’t help but wonder about the female forms in Davian’s past Even Sheena was picture-perfect Did he find her alluring?

“No”

She glared at hihts”

“Easy pickings this time I could see the doubt in your eyes”

“Have you…” Her hand whiestured toward the door “With Sheena? Or Jocelyn?”

He chuckled, cutting the tension that had set in as they’d discussed demon-human travesties “Absolutely not Both are in e of that relationship But beyond that…I don’t find either one as appealing as I do you Besides, Sheena sticks to her own species”

A point that did not fall on deaf ears “That’s a good practice, I suppose”

He nodded, yet he didn’t relinquish his hold on her “The road we’re traveling is significantly more complex and treacherous But difficult to step off of”

She knew she’d be false to insist otherwise So she boldly said, “The slayers will coan to alert theht ether”

“And every moment wasted is one on’t reclaim”

“Yes That’s becoht for me”

Fire lit his eyes “For me as well”

Jade’s need for hi entity that burned to the depths of her soul She wiggled out of his loose earment drop to the floor Her previous anxiety didn’t stand a chance against Davian as he gazed at her, unrelenting need etched across his strong visage