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“Those things are bad for you.”

“Everything is, these days,” she said.

The day started off bad and went downhill from there. There were six more shifters who were hit by the spray. There were two dragon shifters, three bear shifters, and a wolf shifter. The attackers were changing their tactics. The dragon shifters were sprayed at a grocery store by a single individual. One of the bear shifters was caught as she got out of her vehicle to go to work, and the other two were sprayed as they left the high school. The wolf shifter was sprayed when someone knocked on her door, pretending to be a gas line repairman.

After patient hours were over, Sawyer spent a couple hours adding different things to the compound, trying to figure out what the last two ingredients were.

“They have to be synthetic,” he muttered to himself. “I haven’t seen anything like them.”

His phone buzzed. It was a text from Abby.I went grocery shopping, which I needed to do, anyway. I’m making bacon-wrapped meatloaf balls for dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy if you’re hungry. They’ll be ready in half an hour.

He smiled.I won’t be late.

Sawyer arrived as she was taking the main dish out of the oven. He brought a couple gallons of sweet iced tea.

She greeted him with a kiss and said, “You told Xyla.”

“Nope. I told Sean.”

“Ah. I spent an hour last night convincing her not to come over. I was afraid that she might touch something toxic. She promised to wear gloves, but I told her I wouldn’t let her in. Xyla knew I meant it. Then, I spent the majority of the night scrubbing everything.”

“I would have helped.”

“I know. I listened to true crime murder podcasts and pretended it was her face every time I sprayed cleanser on something and scrubbed it. It was very therapeutic.”

He laughed. “I bet.”

The food was delicious and he complimented her cooking skills. They cuddled together on the couch and started to watchHomicide Hunter: Joe Kenda.

While Kenda narrated one of the murder cases he solved in Colorado Springs, Abby snuggled close to Sawyer. He touched her cheek. Abby looked up at him and he couldn’t resist kissing her.

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Abby

Abolt of electricity exploded inside of Abby when Sawyer’s lips touched hers. He brushed her lips ever so gently with a feathery softness. His warm breath caressed her cheek.

Her heart thundered in her chest as the kiss deepened. She moaned as he pressed his mouth harder against hers, his tongue demanding entrance. Abby opened for him and he thrust his tongue inside, tangling with hers.

His hands cupped her face, his thumb rubbing against her cheeks. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to simply feel the kiss and get lost in the moment.

Abby wrapped her arms around his neck, threading her fingers through his silky soft hair. Her other hand slowly moved down his back, touching the hard muscles.

He moved his mouth from hers down her chin to her throat, placing tiny kisses as he went. The embers that had been smoldering burst into flames. Moist heat exploded between her legs, and she had an aching need to feel this wolf shifter’s naked body against hers as he entered her.

Her fingers found the buttons on his shirt and she slowly unfastened them. She flattened her hands against his bare chest, loving how the hard muscles felt beneath her palms.

He shrugged out of his shirt and tossed it onto the floor. She pulled her shirt off over her head and tossed it next to Sawyer’s. Her bra soon followed.

Abby gazed at his thick arms as he wrapped them around her, pulling her close against him, their bare chests touching each other.

“You are so incredibly beautiful,” he said.

She smiled at him and touched his face. “You’re pretty damned sexy, yourself. I’m sure that you turn heads everywhere you go.”

“Maybe, but I don’t really notice, especially since this gorgeous new nurse started working for me.”

“Hmm. Does that mean we’re going to play doctor tonight?”

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