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notion. His bear
was a dominant apex predator. It wasn’t used to hiding. Neither was he. Still,
what choice was there?
    He and Jackie entered the room and
closed the door softly behind them.
    He edged forward, letting his
shifter senses adjust to the gloom. Soon he could see almost as well as he
could during daytime. He easily avoided the expensive couches and tables. This
was some sort of fancy playroom, he thought. In fact, it appeared to be a suite
of rooms; several rooms opened off from this larger main room, which was
dominated by an unlit fire place. Suits of armor and statues loomed here and
there, and pricey-looking oil portraits hung from the walls. Most were of
surreal-looking landscapes, and Matt was only a little surprised to see the
grass and clouds and trees depicted in them moving. This was a wizard’s manse, after all. It almost looked as if he could
step right into those paintings.
    “Nice place, huh?” Jackie said,
coming up beside him.
    “You can see?” Neither of them had
turned on the lights.
    She tapped her temple, indicating
her eyes. “Wizard, remember?”
    “I thought it was ‘mage’.”
    She grinned up at him impishly.
“Potato, potahto.”
    He stared down at her, suddenly
aware of how close she was, and how good she smelled. She was still turned on,
too. He could smell it. Maybe …
    He bent his face toward hers, his
lips questing—
    “Is if ,” she said, and danced back, but she did it with a laugh. She
really was loving this. Maybe a little too much. Just the same, he was enjoying
himself, too. It might be life or death, but this wasn’t his first rodeo, and
he didn’t usually get the chance to hang out with a hottie on his
misadventures.
    Clomp,
clomp.
    “We need to hide,” Jackie said.
“Somewhere dark …”
    Clomp .
Closer now.
    Matt dragged her under an ornate
desk along the wall. It was a big, polished antique, currently being used as a
surface to hold expensive-looking knickknacks on, and there was just enough
room for them to squeeze together under it. Still, it was a tight fit. He
wrapped an arm around her and brought her in close, making it a little easier.
And a little more fun. One of her breasts pushed up against his ribs, and he
didn’t miss the fact that her nipple was hard.
    Clomp,
clomp . Very close now.
    Jackie said a magic word and Matt
thought the darkness deepened around them.
    The door handle rattled, then
turned. The door swung in, throwing a shaft of light into the dim chamber. The
giant shape of a golem stood framed in the doorway. It was just a black
silhouette shaped like a man save for its eyes, which blazed with fire. It
seemed to sense something, as it stepped inside the den. It took another step,
then another, swinging its head this way and that. Jackie stiffened and gripped
Matt tight, and he held her even closer. He could feel her hot breaths against
his chest.
    The golem knocked over a table with
a crash, and Jackie flinched. Matt almost let loose a growl, which would have
given the whole game away. The golem swung its thick head in the direction of
the desk, and Matt would almost swear he felt its searing, fiery gaze. But then
the golem’s head continued turning, evidently not seeing them, and he knew
Jackie’s spell had worked.
    At last, evidently satisfied, the
golem turned about and left the room, and Matt breathed easier when its clomp-clomps sounded further away.
Jackie relaxed against him. When he turned to her, her face was very close to
his, her lips slightly parted and her eyes sparking like fire.
    Feeling suddenly overcome, he bent
down and crushed his lips to hers.
    She kissed back.

 
 
    Chapter 5

 
 
    What am I doing? Jackie thought, feeling Matt’s tongue probe the seam of her lips. She should
stop kissing and shove him away. They could be discovered at any moment! Instead
she opened her mouth to him and played her tongue against his. They kissed
passionately, and she felt her blood rush like fire. Fire, ha. That was