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"We had a shower together" He kissed the back of my neck

"And you told me I stank"

"Yup Your memory is fine"

I rolled over so ere nose to nose I hated et him Whatever Mayhew had done to me in his office when he stole that kiss, he was clearly the responsible party What’s ether and both played a part in killing those coeds Gabriel had been telling the truth when he told me he hadn’t killed the to figure out how

"I’m sorry," I said

"For what?" His eyes were closed, and he was absently brushing kisses overyou"

Desaze locked with et to decide what you and I do"

He grimaced "He can keep us apart That wasn’t a hollow threat"

"Only I have the right to kick you out of our home"

"I don’t mean the apartment, Secret He can move me to another pack within his territory Or, if he’s really serious, he can petition another king and have me sent somewhere else in the country"

"He wouldn’t do that" I wasn’t so sure, though

Instead of shooting my faux hope down, he kissed the tip of ainst hi ive hio to this little party of his tonight and s?"

He kissed ht have been a distraction, but it was a welcoled my pelvis towards his as the kiss deepened He rolled ainst rabbed my wrist and broke away from the kiss with a moan

"We can’t"

"Sure we can" I popped the button and unzipped his fly At least one part of hi on this path He shifted, his hardness pressing against the thin ently pushed et ready for, and I don’t think it would look too good if you showed up s like sex"

He had a point Unfortunately it wasn’t one I could put inside , are you?"

He chuckled "Sadly, no Maybe after you go"

I hit hiot out of bed

Chapter Twenty-Five

My outfit ht have been overkill

I wore a slinky silver sheath, as low-cut as it was short Everywhere I looked in the s and arms were bare, and the dress had a deep scoop in the back Ia black velvet blazer on over top, but when I put on the black suede ankle boots with four-inch heels, respectability went back out the

I was playing with a platinu room "Does this outfit make me look like a hooker?"

When Desot the full benefit of his slack-jawed stare The s to me that wouldattoy

"Wow"

"Good , or hooker ?" I twirled, showing hio"

"Pff I put onsex" He lunged forkiss I’d left razed the floor When he caled et home Duty calls" What I didn’t tell hi at Coluive me an opportunity to snoop around in Mayhew’s office, see if I could get soirls so I could steer Cedes and Tyler in the right direction I was also going to need to call Cedes and give her some excuse to use with Tyler to explain ain it crossedTyler the truth I believed he could handle it, and it would make my life easier to not need to lie to hiine all of the questions he would have and how I’d never be able to answer theh with it

Tonight I was going to need help, but not the human variety And unfortunately for Desmond and Lucas, I needed a vaala at Colu I still had an hour before I needed to meet Lucas there When he’d called earlier to find out if I was ain, he’d sounded more than a little relieved to find out I still planned to join hi totally honest with myself, he’d sounded more relieved about that than he’d been to discover I’d recovered my memory

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