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Hoould he?

Would her skin be as soft as it appeared? Would her curves create the perfect cradle for him?

A few feet away, the lid to a trash bin flew open As the wind picked up, debris propelled toward Kane, most assuredly courtesy of Disaster

Tinker Bell stomped her foot "I can’t concentrate when you look at me like that," she said

"Like what?"

"Like I don’t kno to describe it It’s like you want to strangle et his hands on her But he got what she was saying, knew his desire was tangled with darkness

He nodded, ashamed of himself "I’ll stop"

She licked her lips, and said, "My people know you’re looking foryou"

"Your Fae family or your huht now?" he asked, wanting to verify the inforiven him

"Yes I don’t knohat you’ve heard about the race, but the Fae can be brutal, bloodthirsty and without a shred of co and he’ll sentence you to death just for looking at me No matter how star-struck he is by you!"

He wasn’t sure what the star-struck co out "Why would he want to kill me?" The only viable answer slammed into him, and the patent stillness of a predator caave another stomp of her foot "Would you be serious?"

"Answerusting prospect!"

He relaxed--and he had no desire to ponder why he’d reacted so fervently to the thought of her with anotherher for himself "I’ve been hunted by brutal, bloodthirsty people before"

"Yes, I know, but the Fae are gifted with special abilities Like, say, causing you pain with only a word"

Like the pain she caused him? But then, she’d never needed to speak for him to feel it "Can you do that?"

"No, but e, as well as rip the demons out of people"

Her jaw dropped "So that’s what happened I took your demon?"

"You mean you didn’t know?"

She hooked several tendrils of hair behind her ear, the action feminine and sweet and somehow more erotic than a striptease frohts and his body under control right now, he would self-destruct

"I take abilities and strength for a few hours, maybe a few days or weeks," she said, "but notthat Never anything like that"

"You can You did You must take weaknesses, too" And that’s exactly what the deain," he stated flatly Already her life was so miserable she wanted to die Howaround? And what if she got stuck with the creature forever, rather than temporarily? Was that possible?

Kane didn’t want her to risk it This girl, she washe didn’t knohat she was to hi

Her nose went into the air,her look sullen and defiant and utterly adorable "Don’t get any ideas about rescuing round cracked beneath his feet He didn’t care

"Can you control the ability?" The words croaked frootten to test aze lowered to his lips, and she shifted frome "You need skin-to-skin contact?"

"Yes"

"I’ll help you with that, too"

Her eyes brightened, the clouds rolling out to reveal endless oceans backed by glorious sunlight The brightness didn’t last long, however She glowered, and the clouds returned "You can’t help er So will you listen to me and either prepare for battle or run for your life?"

"No to both Why would the king of the Fae want to kill ue; he could see it in those narrowed eyes But she ht for the answers, and just et physical with her the next ti ould happen then

"He feels he must dispose of anyone who threatens to take ht into the kingdoht wherever I’lad they’re colad?" she choked out