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“It’s a res will find hiave her his card “I’ll personally call you as soon as I know anything more”

Rachel clutched his card next to her heart and nodded She should notify the hotel he o in and see if there was next of kin to notify Yet, he never mentioned the exact hotel where he’d made reservations, only that was in the French Quarter Shouldn’t be too difficult to locate It would be the right thing to do At least leave a e for his business contact As a last resort, she’d contact Howard He et a hold of

Rachel sloalked ho to see hihed Only wishful thinking Who knew that one last possessive kiss would have been her last memory of Lev?

Chapter 5

Lev snapped out of unconsciousness and shifted to wolf fored himself onto thereturned to normal, or rather above normal, even for a ith already superior ears Distant sirens blared He flared his nose Search dogs

He needed to get the hell out of there before the LIA got word of his whereabouts Lev had no interest in explaining why he had stalked Rachel, his forbidden fruit He hid in the braerly sniffed Too damn close At least the scent hounds were off-lead Easier to scare off

Two hounds approached hi in an area

Lev gave a lol

The dogs yelped, tucked their tail between their legs and bolted in the opposite direction

Lev couldn’t check into his hotel naked or as a big black wolf He had no choice He must sneak into his rental vehicle parked in the hotel lot and grab fresh clothes If anyone saw hiet He would have done that with Rachel after he brought her hoe his plans

He dashed through areas least populated with revelers With all the festivities and co lot without notice and shifted to human form Fortunately, the stench of the waters disappeared when he shifted

Lev opened his suitcase and hastily dressed behind the car

He checked in at the hotel Reservations were under his alias, Max Jorvik He would get some sleep and check out before dawn Fly back to Montana and hope Rachel would forget him Perhaps think he died in the explosion Better that way

As he passed the bar, the television broadcasted news about the bo out for a drink, in case sonized hi-size bed awaited him A bed, he’d been tempted to share with Rachel I have to stop t

hinking she’s rabbed the remote and turned on the news He exhaled in relief There were a feith life-threatening injuries, but only three deaths Boats tossed and capsized He had used all of his speed and strength to take the bomb as far away from boats as possible