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flatten her palms against his chest, open her mouth on

his skin, sink her teeth in his flesh as he pushed inside

her.

She didn’t have words for how that made her feel.

Pissed off. At him. At herself. Embarrassed. Wary. So

she changed the subject.

“What’s out there?”

“Nothing good. And there’s more than one.”

Roxy opened her senses and reached for the

unknown. Energy crackled through her like a half dozen

cans of Red Bull hitting her system all at once, prickling

and dancing and leaving the fine hairs on her arms

standing upright. The something that was out there was

moving in fast, and it was definitely more than just one

something.

“Have you gone up against a supernatural before?”

He paused. “Other than me?” Definitely amusement in

his tone. Probably because she’d just been plastered

against him about as up close as she could get. Or because she hadn’t exactly gone up against him the first

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time they met. More like sat there and let him happen

to her.

“I’ve taken on a few Topworlders with a hint of

supernatural.” None of them any stronger than Frank

Marin. And, like him, they hadn’t proved much of a

challenge. “Once, a lesser demon who works as an

enforcer for Hades.” Which had been a bit more than

a challenge.

“How’d that turn out?”

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