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That hen Aylin finally took a look at the accoiven It wasn’t a dirty, tiny cell with a mat on the floor, which hat she’d had at ho area containing a sofa, a two-seat table, and a huht was called a TV, and in another rooe of a bed and a dresser It was nicer than anything she’d hoped to sleep in, even in her wildest dreams

"I… yes, thank you"

Riker started out of the roo in the doorway "Nicole would love to see you She hangs out in the lab If you need anything in the meantime, just ask anyone I promise, we’re all on our best behavior"

This was so bizarre that Aylin wasn’t sure what to say All she could do was utter a raspy "Thank you" again

"You’re welcome Dinner’s in an hour"

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If Hunter had been at all unsure that he wouldn’t like his soon-to-be mate, he was now completely, 100 percent certain that he’d kill her within a year Except that, with his luck, he’d probably ile her the way he wanted to do right now

But if he found out that Lucy had been har to do with it, he’d overcome the imprint bond and put her out of everyone’s misery

He’d left her to settle into her quarters, and fivethe bedrooms and announced that she’d rather stay in his rooued with his decision, but steam had practically whistled from her ears as she wandered around his private quarters and office,sounds every ti she didn’t like Apparently, she thought books, artwork, ave Monty Python a disdainful snort Who the hell didn’t appreciate Monty fking Python? Now, as she eyed the video gaust

"Game consoles aren’t allowed at Shadon," she said "My father thinks a warrior’s ti for battle"

Your father is a dickhead So "We all need downtie the batteries with fights" Her gaze raked boldly over him, so different frolances "Or fking"

Okay, so Hunter was all about rest and relaxation with a feht could release a lot of tension, but sometimes mindless entertainment was a release of its own Most important, mindless entertainment didn’t come with co, her brsts bouncing freely against the olive tank top she wore "Bet you’re wondering if you’re getting a virginshot He watched her co into an inferno as she got closer No, that was the walk of a female who knew damned well how to take what she wanted fro if her touch would light him up the way Aylin’s had If it would h his veins like a river after a daot his answer

His skin crawled His blood froze

"I’in," she said in a smoky, sultry voice "I hope that doesn’t disappoint you"

"There’s so her interpret that however she wanted to He wondered howto hiainst his as she arched against hier and unrestrained, and he bet she’d be a wild thing in bed And wasn’t that thought inappropriate as all hell?

"I like the way you think" Rasha trailed her hand down and hooked her fingers under his waistband "Because I’ to blow your s"

Her words were enough toforward to it after we’re nored her furious glare "Now, if you’ll --"

"Showon his last nerve

"I have things to do," he said, forcing his teeth to unclench so he could get the words out clearly enough that she’d understand he wasn’t fking around He had to get away from her before he killed her or threw her out on her ass Either would kick off a ith Shadon that they couldn’t afford "I’ll have someone else show you around"

Rasha made a sour face, but to his surprise, she nodded "Of course You’re a chief, and you have a lot of responsibilities" She looked over at the three pairs of doeskin baby htly "I look forward to sharing the, with you after we’renear his responsibilities Or the h to wear If she so rowl and fished his phone out of his pocket, hesitating when the screen lit up Who should he get to give Rasha the grand tour? Probably so, he texted Myne, who must have been practically outside the door, because thirty seconds later, Hunter recognized the male’s heavy, rapid knock Leave it to Myne to ih a siuide" He tried not to seeone as he threw open the door, happy,there in jeans and a black Henley "Myne, this is Rasha" He gestured between them "Rasha, Myne"

Myne was his usual unfriendly self, and he

Rasha at least dipped her head in acknowledged Rasha toward the doorway "Myne, show her around the place I’llroo," Myne drawled

Hunter closed the door with lanced at the stack of paperwork on his desk, and shrugged Fuck it He could catch up on clan business later He’d always had a talent for procrastination, and the tiht out his restless side

Besides, he needed to catch up with Aiden By now he should have gotten soood intel from the human poacher

Hunter hoped so, because in the darkest corners of hishiet the his hands wet

He found thewith Baddon outside the hurim expressions, and both had blood on their hands

"Tell me the hu, doesn’t know un clubs are in a race to see who can bag theand unclenching "I talked to soer boys My VP, Han, said sogers wanted in on soot the iovernment Whoever the dude was, he offered ten thousand bucks for every vas delivered"

Hunter cursed Wasn’t that just fking great? Hold on to your hats and teeth, boys and girls, because huht" Hunter scrubbed his hand over his face, wondering hoas that shit always hit the fan all at once "Did you get anything else out of the bastard?"

Aiden shook his head "Dude is dry But he did tell us how he got his name"

A hiss and a curse calared at the cell door as if i apart the human on the other side "Apparently, he’s sos for his club to sell When hunting va, he started using his talents to create che rowled "I don’t want that trash fouling the air anymore"