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for the door,” he said softly. “But I do have a question,” he murmured. At her small start and the increased tension in her spine he nipped her ear. “Do I have to call you Doctor Warsaw or do I get the privilege of calling you Courtney?” he murmured kissing her cheek gently.
    Courtney looked up at him and lifted her mask, eyes wide as she looked at him. “You aren’t leaving?” It was more than a shock and surprise, she was certain she was dreaming once more because there was no way that he would want to stay, not with her.
    Shaking his head he nudged the mask back down. “Better not ruin the party, darling,” he said softly, stroking his fingers along the edge of it. “And no,” he told her as he moved to the edge of the dance floor with her. “I’m not going to run from you ever, honey.” Guiding her over to the bar he looked to her. “What would you like?” he asked softly running his fingers lightly over the skin of her upper back that was bare to the air.
    “I would like an Amaretto Sour” she whispered, still in shocked awe. She leaned into him, her head on his shoulder, and breathed him in. He wasn’t leaving. How odd. How strange. When they got their drinks she held hers between gloved fingers, the sensation of his thumb sliding over her naked back was making her burn in need and delight. “Would you mind if we stepped out onto the terrace? It’s closed off from the winter, but it’s much cooler because there are no heaters and lights out there.”
    “If you’d like,” he said softly as he slowly guided her toward the terrace doors. She seemed more nervous now than she had when he’d asked her to dance. Once outside he took her to a corner where he could watch the doors and ensure they had some privacy. “One question, Courtney,” he said using her name for the first time in reference to her. “Why is your scent hidden under that bolder, brassier aroma?” he asked as he backed her into the corner, his broad shoulders shielding them from all eyes.
    She frowned and shook her head. “It’s the cream I use. When I use it I can smell the scent of my skin changing.” She wet her lips and looked up at him. “It was the first project I worked on for Aegis. I was creating a dermalogical lotion that would help with melanoma patients and protect their sensitive skin from the sun.” She couldn’t hold a secret back from him, not now, not now that she knew. “It changed the pheromones of a person. However, as soon as I realized what it did”—she shrugged her shoulder and then looked up—“I destroyed all of the research, all of the data and the samples I took home with me. It was my first massive ‘failure’ in the eyes of science but I couldn’t see allowing something that changed a person like that out into public.”
    He understood where she was coming from on that but he didn’t understand her reasoning for using it. “Why are you using it, Courtney?” he asked his confusion clear. “If my sense of smell wasn’t as strong as it is we may not have ever found one another. A woman’s true scent is the one that pulls her Wolf mate to her, to hide it is to hide from the chance. So why did you do it?” he kept his voice quiet, gentle so that he didn’t seem like he was attacking her, he wasn’t, he just wanted to understand her thought process.
    “You have seen how Bill views me, that is how everyone does. I came to Aegis straight from my double doctorate at MIT and I have been shunned since. I use it because I am able to go out and be myself, I am able to go out and at least pretend that I have friends even if I know I don’t.” Yep, it sounded more childish out loud than it had when she had initially thought of using it.
    Staring at her he pushed up his mask, no one would see them out where they were. Gently he eased hers up to sit on the top of her hair, careful not to disturb the style at all. Cupping her cheek in his hand, he leaned in and kissed her softly. “I see