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"Okay" She slathered some mustard on her bread

"I’ll probably stay there for a few hours See howFile a report and catch up on what the other guys are doing" It would be a lot easier to resist her if he put over a thousand ether

"You’ll be all right here?"

She shot him an irritated look "I’ll be fine"

"You have a lot to do toet some sleep"

"Go ahead and teleport I know you don’t want to hang around ht"

"It’s not that I don’t like you Quite the opposite--"

"Just go!"

"Fine!" With a sick feeling in his sto bad wolf?" Brynley sang to herself in the shower She’d finished her snack, then checked on the horses in the barn Phineas had not returned

She turned off his coathered up some supplies for the trip to Cloud Peak Glacier Soranola bars, so bag Phineas ht be able to teleport in and out, but she’d be with the horses, so she’d have to do things the old-fashioned way Shesome weed-seed-free feed for the horses

By one o’clock in thethe Big Bad Wolf song at the top of her lungs, hoping he’d coht on in the bathroom with the door partially closed, so the cabin wouldn’t be totally dark, then cliroan, she punched a pillow It was her fault he was uncomfortable around her She shouldn’t have told him that she knehat the red eyes meant She’d wanted to tease him, but to be honest, she was flattered More than flattered Amazed Astounded He’d aduys in the past who had pursued her had never bothered to find out who she really was They’d sihter, the ticket to win e in the orld

Phineas had nothing to gain fro a bunch of enemies Her father and his countless folloould want to kill hihed and nestled under the covers It was for the best that he was staying away froether He knew it She knew it Her inner wolf knew it They were from two different worlds

How much did she actually know about hi dealer? Was it true there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest? It didn’t seem to fit the Phineas she knew She’d always felt safe around hiuys liked and respected hius MacKay had promoted him to head of security at Romatech He wouldn’t have done that if he didn’t believe Phineas was absolutely trustworthy

But hoell could she trust him? He was the Love Doctor, the Blardonnay Guy Hundreds of Valadly throw themselves at him She rolled over and punched a pillow Lucky Phineas He could see his brother whenever he wanted She didn’t dare even contact her sister

She must have dozed off, for when she next looked at the bedside clock, it was almost four The cabin was totally dark The bathroo

Phineas was back And taking a shower She pictured him the way he looked in the commercials with a torapped low around his hips And his chest, his glorious chest would glisten with droplets of water A tiny rivulet would sluice down his chest, right between his ht The water had turned off She slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the edge of the loft

The h the s, softly illu the room below He’d moved the couch back a few feet to cover up the trapdoor to the baseement would look norht switched off

Her heart pounded, and she took a deep breath to try to stay cal heartbeat

Hea towel, just like in the commercials Oh God, his shoulders really were broad And his backso strong and muscular She bit her lip If only he would turn around so she could see his chest

Suddenly, he yanked the towel off and rubbed it over his head She gasped His rear end was showing!

He stiffened and turned his head slightly

She slapped a hand over her asp But oh my God, when he had stiffened, it had caused the muscles in his buttocks to flex It was about the ht she’d ever seen

"Brynley?" He turned toward her with the towel lowered to cover his groin

She scrambled back onto the bed and held her breath Her heart was beating too daht, Brynley," he said softly

The cabin was quiet She strained her ears, but heard only crickets chirping outside And an owl hooting

She eased back to the railing and peeked over The room was empty He must have teleported into the base at the ceiling If she had the nerve, she’d shove the couch aside, open the trapdoor, and juht into his arms

But she couldn’t She squeezed her eyes shut, and the vision of his naked back and buttocks filled her mind

With a moan, she pulled the covers over her head Easy to resist, she’d told hi fat liar

She’d never wanted anyone as badly as she did Phineas

Chapter Nine

The next evening, Brynley sat on her sleeping bag at the camp she’d established at the base of Cloud Peak and watched the sun slip over the horizon Any second now, Phineas would be waking froive hi hiepole pine The two horses rass of the meadohere she’d camped Far up the side of the leaht Patches of snow still dotted the mountainside Tiny bits of ice sparkled as if a divine hand had tossed a stash of diamonds across the side of the mountain

Beautiful She closed her eyes and enjoyed the crisp night breeze that nipped at her cheeks Home Her inner wolf trembled with joy It knew instinctively that she’d returned, and it was eager for the full er to burst free fro deer and elk

She would have to explain to Phineas that she needed the night off It wasn’t a choice for her On the first night of a fulljob at Dragon Nest Academy was perfect for her since she was able to live in the sa with her brother and the banished olf boys She shifted with therounds around the school It was fun being with her brother, but she missed her sister And the Adirondacks were not the same as the mountains out West Her inner wolf knew the difference and had longed for her to return home

While the wolf celebrated, her hu a terrible risk If she stayed here, her father ht find her And if he captured her, he’d make it extremely hard for her to escape a second tie of paranoia skittered through her She stood and surveyed the woods that encircled her ca to the darkness She listened with her extra-sharp hearing A rustling in the grass as a fieldof the air as an owl took wing

"Hurry, littlestalked, the terror of being hunted Princess, my ass Phineas had no idea In her father’s world, she was prey

She felt a sudden need to have Phineas there with her He’d said he would never allow her to be forced into a ainst her will He would protect her

Because he wants you for hinited inside her, inciting an urge to tell the world to buzz off She wanted Phineas

But since when did she ever get what she wanted?