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anxiety had just taken on a new meaning. He’d be a fool to risk it.
    “We’re running out of time,” she reminded him. “This mood that you require—is there something I can do to help you achieve it?”
    “Yes.” He studied her carefully. Somehow, she didn’t seem like a cold-blooded murderer. “I’ll need a kiss.”
    Her brows lifted. “I don’t see how that can help, but very well.” She leaned closer and gave him a peck on the cheek.
    “I mean a real kiss.” Her confused look twisted his insides. Dammit. Was she an innocent or a killer? “Didn’t you say you’ve done this before?”
    “Yes, once. But he did not require any kissing beforehand.” She slanted an impatient look at Zoltan. “He wasn’t slow. I found him remarkably quick and efficient.”
    Zoltan winced. And that was her first time? The asshole must have hurt her. If she’d killed him, the jerk had probably deserved it. “Not all men are alike. Close your eyes and keep them closed till I tell you to open them.”
    She frowned. “What are you going to do?”
    “Kiss you.” He took hold of her shoulders. “Now close your eyes.”
    Her eyelids flickered shut, and he eased closer till his breath feathered her cheek. She trembled slightly. He ran the tip of his nose along her cheek, headed toward her mouth. Glancing down, he noted her breasts moving as she breathed faster. She was reacting.
    He glanced at her eyes. Still shut. He slid his hands up her neck to cup the back of her head. Lightly, he brushed his lips against hers. Another tremble.
    He kissed her, moving his lips slowly and gently. When she moaned, he glanced up and found her eyes wide open with a stunned look. “It’s all right,” he whispered.
    She shook her head. “I feel strange. My stomach is . . . quivering.”
    Was she truly that innocent, or was she luring him in for the kill? “Close your eyes and kiss me back.” When she hesitated, he took her hands and placed them on his shoulders. “Neona.”
    Her eyes searched his.
    “Kiss me.” He pulled her close, and this time, when his lips molded to her mouth, she responded. Tentatively at first, but then with growing boldness. He deepened the kiss, invading her mouth with his tongue. She flinched, then stroked his tongue with her own.
    With a groan, he covered her breast with his hand. She gasped against his mouth.
    “Neona,” he whispered, glancing up to make sure her eyes were still shut. He flicked a thumb over her hardened nipple, and she moaned. “Remember me.”
    He teleported to the top of a nearby tree.
    She sat there a moment, her eyes still closed, her lips pink and swollen. He winced at the uncomfortable bulge in his pants. Even with the threat of imminent death, he’d still found himself growing hard. He wanted her. He wanted to believe she was sweet and innocent, not a cold-blooded seducer and killer of men.
    She opened her eyes, and with a gasp, she looked around. “Where did you go?” She scrambled to her feet. “How did you leave? I didn’t hear you.”
    She spun about, surveying the woods. “Zoltan? Where are you?”
    A noise to her left made her jump to face it. The leopard paced into the clearing, and she sighed. “Oh, it’s you.” She turned, scanning the woods once again. “Why did he leave?”
    She crossed her arms as if suddenly cold. “I thought he liked me.” She regarded the spot on the ground where they had sat and kissed, then her shoulders slumped. “I should have known that men cannot be trusted.”
    She put her breastplate back on, and the leopard nudged her leg with its head.
    “I’ll be all right.” She patted the leopard’s head. “After all, men have no place in our lives.” With a sigh, she sheathed her sword.
    I know you’re there . The leopard glanced up at him. You’re not a normal human, are you?
    Was she really going to kill me?
    The leopard stretched, arching its back. I guess we’ll never know, since you chickened out and ran away.
    I didn’t