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“Become a part of me, as I become a part of you”

Sydney, flushed and da chocolate eyes A coy smile curved her lips “I think you have”

He tried to clamp his jaw shut, keep the other words in

“In fact, I know you are,” shewith hi his restraint Caden picked up the pace, sliding inside her with aining steaether in his belly The need swelled,A desire to claim

The next words slipped out “Ever after, I promise—”

Before he could finish the sentence, Sydneyto pulse in a way no man, wizard or otherwise, could resist

I proealed deep inside hih his body like a supernova

Each day we share, I will be honest, good, and true If this you seek, heed ainst hied his throat, filled his chest Frightening Intense I ato rule hiic Instinct aside, he liked her grit and deterence Her sassya wife, he suspected he’d pursue Sydney to the ends of the earth

Now, he couldn’t think about that He had another objective: to prevent her fro Once accomplished and Lucan’s life was fixed, he’d be back in Texas with the Doomsday Brethren in his proverbial rearview mirror

But what do I have to return to? Disturbed by the question, Caden withdrew, stood, righted his jeans, then looked at Sydney, all flushed and disheveled and gorgeous

He found hied his throat Instead, he shook his head, then took a step back “I pro inAnd to protect you I can’t let you get ”

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

A HALF HOUR LATER, Brah the back door Tynan ca hi Just like that, the new bloke had been accepted The lot of thee froer he didn’t understand slicing through his gut So Bram had found a nearrior with no battle experience or training Caden crossed his arms over his chest He wasn’t one of the Doomsday Brethren, so he shouldn’t care that Bram had chosen someone so untried In fact, he should be thrilled that Bram had already added his replacement to the ranks Or he would be, once his mood iing at her blond curls Ice followed close behind, his green eyes glued to the gorgeous witch like he wanted to s her whole She tossed a long glance over her shoulder, until Duke entered and shut the door behind him

Behind Caden, Sydneyinto all black to resuone upstairs, likely checked on Aquarius, and showered

Now, she walked past hiain—and not just sexually Being near her soothed and fired his would be much easier if he didn’t suspect that he loved every stubborn, passionate inch of her So he could not continue thisthing with Sydney He could only stop her plans to transcast before she entangled herself ickind, keep his mouth shut and his trousers zipped

At thein the doorway to the library, never looking in his direction Not that he was surprised He’d seen the hurt on her face, and he hated himself for it But he siic as a kid, suffered loss after loss as a Marine Staying here, taking the chance to get close to her—everyone, really—in the middle of this as a recipe for insanity He refused to drink the Kool-Aid

Grasping her ar idea”

She yanked free of his grip and crossed her ar froave as good as she got Maybe another tactic “I know you’re frustrated with me forthis war, and I don’t want to see you hurt”

The uber-bitch façade dropped, and she looked at hi her hold back tears was a pick axe to his chest

“I can’t sit about and do nothing If you cared for me at all, you’d understand that”

“Firecracker, it’s because I care that I can’t let you,” he said, voice low

She arched an auburn brow at hi to risk? You assu You’re not even being honest about why you won’t permanently join Bram So I’m not surprised that you can’t be honest with s”

Before he could reply, Braue, wanting to tell her there was so much she didn’t understand But even if she did, Sydney still wouldn’t co in with total passion Despite what had happened to Anka, she still insisted on doing what she believed was right He’d known soldiers who prayed for such courage She both a to brief Tynan on Mathias’s attacks and any other relevant infor us?” Bra for Anka My brother isn’t i, despite Sabelle’s efforts”

Bralanced over to Tynan, as still wearing an eternal glower Soed when he sa naturally the O’Shea bloke fit in with the others Even after weeks, Caden almost always felt like an outsider But Tynan had roup after less than an hour “Or do you no longer need me now that you have soet You and I have had our differences, but we share a co as that doesn’t interfere with your war”

Nodding, Braht? I’ll send the others out with you tonight, regardless After that I have to devote all the resources I can to defeating Mathias if you won’t remain”

They had planned the attack on Mathias’s coain, they’d finish their plans and iic than necessary, but what if Anka had been recaptured? Could he let this opportunity pass?

“Yes,” he muttered