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Prolongs your life too, doesn t it?
She shrugged. About three years. I m sorry you had --
Don t be. He grabbed her wrist now, and pulled her down to sit next to him. In
the dim light, her skin gleamed like finest gold. Look, Jakob is straightening out this
mess with your Council. You ll need to talk to them, but if it all works out, they will
allow you to update the vaccine without having to give us anything. So stay here. I ll rig
up a lab for you.
She frowned at him. Cain wished he could see what she was thinking behind
that thoughtful gaze. The Council won t harm me. There was a strength in her voice
he hadn t noticed before. Some sort of confidence, an edge. Don t feel like you need to
babysit me. I ll get back to San Francisco and update the vaccine from there.
Fine. He reared up in bed, his muscles finally starting to feel sore and used.
Adrenaline had gone, and for the moment lust was satisfied. The heaviness that sat over
his chest was all emotion. Foreign and bittersweet. I ll go to San Francisco with you. I
can t stay there for good, but maybe for a week at a time& if you let me.
Again she frowned. What are you saying?
She was torturing the words out of his mouth. I m falling for you. Okay?
Her hand fisted in his. I never quite knew what that meant.
He swore now, pulled her closer knowing at any moment she could pull away,
that her strength was so much greater. Still, he would try. I m falling in love with
you. There, he d said it.
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Somehow she didn t look stunned. Or happy. It s just the pheromones. Her
tone was cool and just a touch too calm. My need was strong and you re responsive.
It s done now. We have& nothing.
It would have been nothing if he hadn t heard the telltale hitch in that siren
voice. That and the past tense reference to her need. You think? He placed a sweet,
slow kiss over her lips, nibbled her cheek, her jaw. This isn t nothing. I don t know
what it is, but& stay with me. Okay?
She looked at him for one silent long moment. He didn t know what she could
read in him, didn t know what he could offer her. But then she nodded, and hope
bloomed in his chest.
All right. But get a bigger bed.
Fiona Jayde
Fiona Jayde is an author, a pilot, a ninth degree black belt in three styles of
martial arts, a computer hacker, a mountain climber, a jazz singer, a weight lifter, a
superspy with a talent for languages, and an evil genius. All in her own head, of course.
In real life, she really is an author, insists she is a good driver even though
various loved ones refuse to let her drive, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and
blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can
bench-press about 20 pounds -- with effort, speaks English and Russian fluently, and
when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy
thrillers, murky mysteries and violent movies where things frequently blow up.
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