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“No, not anymore. He made his choice,”he says angrily.

“Why is he helping Candido?”

“That’s what I want to know. He shouldn’t be alive, let alone in this realm. When I find him, I’m putting him to ground where he should be.”

“I didn’t hear that.”

“He’s from my world. My world, my rules,”he says curtly.

“Well, what did he do?”

“That’s the boys’ uncle. He killed their parents.”

“Oh, in that case. Let’s find that bastard and nail Candido.”

Ardan

“Damn,it’s been a long day. Although, I’ll admit that wasn’t so bad,” Billy says as we ride up in the elevator from the clubhouse garage.

I’ve just emerged from the pendant. I haven’t been that cramped up in years. I’m already cramping myself into this human form. However, being in that pendant is a hell of a lot more restricting.

“You have an interesting work life, for sure. Why homicide?”

“Ricci tried to kill me, remember? I thought if he was willing to do it once, he would be willing to do it again and eventually I’d catch him in the act,” she says and pulls a face.

Candido is the last person I want to talk about. Once that ring returns from his finger, I’m going to kill him myself. I crowd her space, backing her into the corner of the elevator.

“When you’re here with me, none of that out there matters. It’s my job to make you forget,” I say as I grasp her throat and tip her head back with my thumb.

Her eyes fill with lust as she licks her lips. I dip my head and ghost my lips over hers. As I breathe her in, my groin tightens.

She shivers and leans into me. I take her lips as I’ve been wanting to since the last time I had a chance. She places her hand on my waist and lifts onto her toes.

“Fuck this,” I groan and teleport us from the elevator to our bedroom.

I now have her back pressed against the wall just inside the doorway. As she pants, I deliver hungry kisses down her neck and snake my hand beneath her shirt to cup her breast.

Returning my mouth to hers, I then deliver a searing kiss and allow my true breath to fill her mouth. Billy releases a throaty moan as she hops onto my waist and begins to grind into me. The second I think of making our clothes disappear so I can take her to bed, a mind link comes through.

“I feel you have returned, brother. We should talk. Taylor and Bradan were attacked earlier,” Kendrick says, sounding exhausted which doesn’t happen often for us.

The last few days have taken a toll. I curse and pull away from Billy. She looks at me with such longing and want I almost tell Kendrick I’m busy.

“Are you in your office? I’ll be there in a moment.”

“I will be there by the time you arrive,”he says.

“Shit, I’ve drawn you a bath. Kendrick needs to see me. Go relax, I will return as soon as I can,” I say and peck her lips.

I don’t miss the disappointment that appears on her face. I feel the same way. However, I need to know what’s going on.

“Don’t take too long. I might fall asleep on you,” she says with a little grin.

I peck her lips again as I think of how I plan to wake her if she does. I want to get back before she finishes her bath and has time to fall asleep.

I have plans to lotion and massage her skin before I put her to bed myself. Her skin always looks so silky and soft. I want to become a part of the routine that keeps it that way.

I grow harder as I think of ways to add my lips and tongue to the process. Shaking the thoughts away, I leave before I don’t make it out of the room. I already know one more kiss will make it nearly impossible to part ways.

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