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Chapter 1

Lila hoped it would be one of those s

She yawned under the covers in the dis over The chill of mid-November coursed over her bare shoulders The whirl of the space heater hung in the air, far too loud for the er heat it offered Glints of steel twinkled around her like stars, the light reflecting off a dozen knives, a tranq gun, and asilently in the

She turned to her coled deeper in his arms

“Stay,” Tristanaround her His brown eyes opened, and his long eyelashes fluttered against her cheek, tickling her skin

“I a out bed Ever”

“Oh, really?” Tristan offered a deep, satisfiedfroers brushed a few stray brown locks fro his eyes, he dipped his head Hisupon her lips as his hand drifted southward

She tasted whiskey

He probably tasted her wine

She breathed in the scent of his sha his mouth Stubble brushed her pal scars

Velvet tongues tangled

Tristan broke away first

He moved to her neck and nibbled the spot thatwhen she did “I claim this spot for Tristonia”

“Last night, it was Tristopolis”

“It was?” he asked, pulling away “Damn the natives They’re too fickle”

He tugged her closer, grasping her thigh fir an ache and an itch for more “I like another spot, too I like it so ain”