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6d331f5
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"Oh. "So the best way to fight you is to strip naked and attack?" His eyes flashed with a wicked light. "Yes. You should try it and see what happens."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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fa60030
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"One school of thought says that the best way to handle an issue like this is exposure therapy," Mad Rogan said. "For example, if you're terrified of snakes, repeated handling of them will cure it." Aha. "I'm not handling your snake."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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b98fd21
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"Speak to me." "I hate you." "Okay." Mad Rogan let go of me. "You're fine."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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970010e
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"If you're really hard up, I can introduce you to my grandmother. She's a fan." Adam blinked. "She doesn't typically sleep with pretty young things, but she would make an exception in your case. You might even learn a trick or two." --
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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efa945a
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"Do you have a girlfriend?" Grandma Frida asked. I put my hand over my face. "No," Mad Rogan said. "A boyfriend?" Grandma Frida asked. "No." "What about . . ." "No," Mom and I said in unison. "But you don't even know what I wanted to ask!" "No," we said again together. "Party poopers." Grandma shrugged."
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mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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40af810
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"Had I known you were going to pull a pretty ribbon out of your sleeve like some two-bit magician, tie me up with it, and indulge your mental torture fetish in your basement, I would've shot you. Many times." "Two-bit magician?" "Men like you enjoy being flattered."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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dbbfaef
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"And let's be honest, you weren't exactly harmed. I even took you home." "You dumped me on my doorstep. According to my mother, I looked half dead." "Your mother exaggerates. A third dead at most." I stared at him. Wow. Just wow."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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5db55fa
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"Now that was a kiss," Grandma Frida said from the doorway behind me. I jumped. "How long have you been there?" "Long enough. That man means business." All my words tried to come out at once. "I don't . . . what . . . asshole! . . . screw himself for all I care!" "Aww, young love, so passionate," Grandma said. "I'm going to buy you a subscription to Brides magazine. You should start shopping for dresses."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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590ef33
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"Can you turn so you're not pressed against me?" "I could," he said, his voice amused. "But then you would have to lie on top of me." My brain said, "NO." My body went, "Wheee!"
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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c4ec49d
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"He glanced at me, his eyes dark. "Would you rather talk about your dream?" "No." "Considering that I was featured in it, I think I deserve to know the particulars. Were my clothes missing because we were in bed? Was I touching you?" He glanced at me. His voice could've melted the clothes off my body. "Were you touching me?"
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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117401f
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"If you keep wiggling, things might get uncomfortable," he said into my ear, his voice like a caress. "I'm doing my best, but thinking about baseball only takes you so far." I froze."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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561a574
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"I wanted you to stop." "I was encouraged by you breathlessly moaning my name." I spun on my foot. "I wasn't moaning your name. I was shrieking in alarm." "That was the sexiest throaty shrieking I've ever heard." "You need to get out more."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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4a4edb3
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"Maybe I should drive," Troy said. "She knows what she's doing," Mad Rogan said. I sniffed. "What?" "The fragrance of a genuine compliment from Mad Rogan. So rare and sweet."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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214cb75
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"I didn't expect to sit here for hours. But if you're too hot, feel free to take the bra off." I gave him the finger. "What are you?" he asked. "I'm the woman you chained in your basement. I'm your captive. Your . . . victim. Yes, that's the right word. All of that education. How come nobody ever explained to you that you can't just kidnap people because you feel like it?"
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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7462f34
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"Did you send an escort with my family?" "Yes. They're a target." "How did you know they would be leaving?" "My people saw them load up, called me, and I told them to follow." Duh. "Thank you." "You're welcome. I plan to hold them hostage until you sleep with me." I stumbled. He turned and gave me a brilliant, impossibly handsome smile. "Just kidding." Damn it."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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c3d4d2e
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"You don't have the touching rights." "How do I get those?" Stop being a self-absorbed spoiled baby. "You get those if I fall in love with you." He stopped. "In love. You're serious?" "Yes." That would shut him up. "What is this, the sixteenth century? Should I write you a sonnet next?" "Is it going to be a good sonnet?"
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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ba3903f
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"I can buy your contract." "No, you can't. Any sale of our mortgage requires my consent, and I won't consent to it." He grinned. "You don't want to work under me?" "I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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3f557ea
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"Mr. Rogan," I frosted my voice over. "What I put into my body is my business." Okay, that didn't sound right."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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446e539
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"Call her out," Arabella said. "Tell her Rogan is yours!" Grandma Frida pumped her fist. "Don't let her take your man!" Leon declared. We all looked at him. "I was feeling left out," he said."
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nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
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32bc65d
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"Maybe you should make me a list of people I can kill and ways in which they're allowed to die," he said. "You are not funny." "I'm very funny. Just ask Peaches."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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22e8c38
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"And your skin is like honey. I wonder how you taste." Bitter and tired. "Mhm."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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3398397
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"You have to live a little." Grandma fitted the track bar into the cog on the track. "Go out with a bad boy. Run headfirst into a fight. Get roaring drunk. Something!"
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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e8b4866
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"He hung up and glanced at me. "I'm sorry, I have to take care of business. It can't wait, but I'll keep it short." "Not a problem. I'll busy myself with being seen and tossing my hair. Would you like me to twirl it on my finger while biting my lip?" "Could you?" "No, sorry." I grinned at him"
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hidden-legacy
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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afdbe74
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"So, are we still on tonight? For our dinner?" I asked. "Hell, yes. We're on for tonight. We're on for tomorrow. We're on for the foreseeable future." ." --
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hidden-legacy
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
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a20009c
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He looked like he needed some jungle ruins to explore or some bad people to hit with a chair. Trouble was, he was the bad people.
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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4ae458b
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A man had no right to be this fiercely sexual without even trying.
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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eff77df
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"How do we get out of this circle?" I asked him. "We kill him," he said. "Good. Let's kill him and go home." "I thought you'd never ask."
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mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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96a6c06
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"Cornelius opened the car door and cautiously peered out. "Yes?" I asked. "Checking to see if it's safe to come out." Everyone was a comedian. I sighed and went into my office."
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nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
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3c7e8fb
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"What happened?" I asked quietly. "I lost some people," [Rogan] said. There was an awful finality in his voice. I hadn't thought he cared. I'd thought he viewed his people as tools and took care of them because tools had to be kept in good repair, but this sounded like genuine grief -- that complicated cocktail of guilt, regret, and overwhelming sadness you felt when someone close to you died. It broke you and made you feel helpess. Helpless wasn't even in Rogan's vocabulary."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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8f75c02
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"How can it not exist? What does that--" A tiny grey body shot in front of the Land Rover. "Squirrel!" Mad Rogan swerved to the side, trying to avoid the suicidal beast. The SUV hit a curb and jumped. For a terrifying second, we almost flew, weightless. My heart leaped into my throat. The heavy vehicle landed back on the pavement with a thud. The squirrel leapt into the grass on the other side. I remembered to breathe. "Thank you for not killing the squirrel." "You're welcome, although now I want to go back and strangle it."
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squirrel
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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1fcf0a4
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He took the risk and his people had died. He blamed himself. It didn't reflect in his face, but I saw it in his eyes for a brief moment, before they went back to their icy blue. The last time we talked, I was almost completely convinced that he was a sociopath. He seemed invulnerable, as if nothing could bother him. This did.
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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6096904
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"I don't care," Nevada said. "I want blue lilacs." And I want to fly away from here, but that wouldn't happen anytime soon, would it? "Anyway, I have to get back to the office," Nevada said. "Text me if anything." "The queen has dismissed us," Arabella announced. I dropped into a deep curtsy. "Your Majesty." "I hate you guys." "We hate you back," Arabella told her. "We hated you before the wedding." "Before it was cool to hate you." "Get out!" Nevada growled."
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nevada-baylor
wedding
sisters
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Ilona Andrews |
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70a1831
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"He chuckled into my hair. My body decided this would be a fine moment to remember that his body was wrapped around mine and his body was muscular, hard, and hot, and my butt was pressed against his groin. Cuddled up by a dragon. No, thank you. Let me off this train. "If you keep wiggling, things might get uncomfortable," he said into my ear, his voice like a caress. "I'm doing my best, but thinking about baseball only takes you so far."
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mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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42f041c
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"So, are we still on tonight? For our dinner?" I asked. "Hell, yes. We're on for tonight. We're on for tomorrow. We're on for the foreseeable future." --
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hidden-legacy
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
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1318f17
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"Shit" Bug said, his face sour. "It's that thing again. We've been dealing with it since Pierce. You think you have a lead and then poof" - he made a puffing motion with his fingers - "it melts into nothing and all you have is frustration and the far noise your face makes when you hit you desk with it." Fart.... what?"
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funny
farts
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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40b01b6
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"I don't believe she sees him as family," Cornelius said. "She can see him however she wants. I only care how Rogan sees me."
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nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
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56539db
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"I like that you're jealous." "Rogan, put the car back." "Come to dinner with me tonight and I'll consider it."
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nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |