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anyway.”
    “I
think we already assessed there is fire between us,” Raul smiled.
    “That
was fueled by anger. I choose not to be mad at you anymore,” Raven said with a
casualness that she certainly didn’t feel. The thought of him kissing her again
already made her moist between her legs.
    Before
Raul could say another word, she pressed her lips against his. Raven, again, had
to stand on her tiptoes to reach him, but that didn’t last long because he
wrapped his arms around her, pulling her up, and took the kiss deeper. Uh-oh , she thought as fire roared
through her veins, forget chemistry. This
is a full-on nuclear meltdown . She’d been with only two men in her life,
never sexually, but dated long term. Their touch and kiss never felt like this.
She could never give herself to them because she believed in something,
something pure in sharing herself with only one man. Yet this man elicited
feelings in her that could not be denied. She didn’t want to stop. But I have to. I have to , she thought
wildly. His lips were firm and supple while his body felt like granite against
hers. “Open up for me. Let me taste you again,” he said huskily and Raven
complied. His tongue furrowed into her mouth and she marveled at his taste. The
kiss seemed to last for minutes until she pushed away. Raven raised her hand
for him to back off when he took a step towards her to pull her back into his
arms.
    “That
was…” Raven searched for a word. Explosive.
Amazing. Throw-me-down-and-take-my-clothes-off good. Nope, she didn’t want
to use any of those. “That was something.”
    “It
could be more than that. I want to make love to you,” Raul said huskily.
    She
shook her head. “That was a bad idea and it wouldn’t be love, would it, Raul?
It would be you using my body for sexual gratification, but what would I get
out of it? I want something you don’t want: commitment. That was the last kiss.
I can’t be that person to share myself without love in return.”
    He
looked at her for a long time and then nodded. “I have to go on patrol, so you
will be here alone. Do not worry. You will be safe here.”
    “Are
you healed enough to do that? I mean , it was just a
few days ago you had a bite and a dislocated shoulder.” Raven bit her lip
worriedly.
    “Don’t
worry about me. I’m one hundred percent healed,” Raul replied.
    “May
I…” Raven hesitated. “Can I see you change? If it won’t make you uncomfortable,
that is.”
    This
time he grinned. “Having a beautiful woman watch me get naked… Why would I be
embarrassed about that?”
    Raven
rolled her eyes. “Do you take anything seriously?”
    The
grin left his lips. “I take many things seriously—your safety being
foremost. But, yes, you can watch my transformation. We are friends after all,
correct?”
    “Yes,
and nothing more,” Raven said firmly. She wondered who she was trying to
convince more, him or herself.
    “Then
come.”
    Raven
followed him through the kitchen. He disappeared through a door she didn’t
notice was there before. A few moments later, he came out in a terrycloth bathrobe
and was barefoot. She trailed behind him as he made his way out the kitchen
door, which led to a large backyard. The lawn was lush and green. Raven could
see water droplets clinging to the blades of grass from the recent rain and could
feel how fresh and clean the air was. She looked out across the yard, seeing
the tips of the pine trees where the back yard ended at the jagged cliff. Her
attention came back to Raul when he slipped the bathrobe from his shoulders.
    She licked her lips in desire. He was
that damn hot. Seeing him when he was injured and naked was one thing, but
looking now at the tight and sculpted lines of his muscles, ripped six pack abs,
she could see how women would throw themselves at him and maybe that was why he
was so cocksure, believing any woman would jump right into bed with him. He
turned to put the bathrobe in what looked like a tall but