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“Shut up, Vanderale,” Jonas ordered hi to be baited by him

“Invade her bedrooain and you’ll be more than burned out, you’ll be bled out,” he told him

“Hh She would have made a fine mate A wonderful mother”

Mercury’s chest clenched He stared back at Dane, wishing he had killed him when he had the chance

“Dane,” Jonas growled “That’s enough”

“Yes, it is” Dane shot Mercury a caustic look “No worries, h of the hardheaded Breeds here, she’ll return ho, confident “And when she does, I’ll be waiting”

CHAPTER 14

Mercury closed the bedrooular temporary alarm over the crevice between the door and the frame

He moved to the , attached another alarm and then turned to face her

Ria resisted the urge to rub her hands over her aroeariness dragging at her as she caught a glimpse of his face

Primal and wild just didn’t do his expression justice It was suffused with sensual lust, his eyes gloith it, the flesh stretched taut over the hard planes and angles of his face

The clean white silk gown she wore ht as well not have been on her body The way he was looking at her stripped it from her, revealed the hardened tips of her breasts and the dew she kneas accuhs

“Has Vanderale been your lover?” he asked her, his voice rough, grating with animalistic fervor

Ria sed tightly “Not in this lifetiames than a chess master”

She had no intentions of allowing hiames with her heart or her eood man, but his focus was set on the protection of his parents and the Breeds rapidlytheir mark in society He would do whatever it took to protect both And if that ret it, but he would do it over and over again