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echoed, he kept himself apart and didn’t indulge, so why now?
    He arched one tawny brow. “You object?”
    “Fuck no!” Then flushed a deep crimson, her face matched her underwear. She squirmed against her damp crotch at the thought of being made love to by the man mountain.
    An amused grin crinkled his lips.
    “But I thought, er, I mean to say, well. Kitty said...” She stumbled over her words.
    “Kitty?” he queried.
    “My friend, she stayed here with LeBron. It’s Kitty that’s paid for my long weekend.” She sounded like a gibbering idiot, and why did she reveal that snippet of information?
    Recognition registered on his face. “Ah, the petite blonde. I’ll have to remember to thank her. And what did this Kitty say?”
    “That you, well, you never participate.” She couldn’t stop her attention wandering to his crotch, at the ridge that appeared huge.
    “And she would know?” he countered smoothly.
    Jess shrugged her shoulders. He had a point. What was different about her? Nothing, that’s what, and why would he break something he never did? A ripple of disappointment fluttered over her because for once in her life she wanted to be special.
    With one lasting glance, he veered away. “I’ll be back later; tomorrow, your duties begin.”
    She watched him leave; the door closed with a click of the key. Okay, so she was locked in; as long as food arrived, she’d survive, and she rubbed at the dull ache across her head. Jess rose out of the bed and reached for her bag, rummaging deep. It had to be somewhere, but her mobile was missing.
    And she didn’t need to be Einstein to know who had it.
    Rune Masters was a canny bastard, she realized. And then wondered, why the cloak of secrecy, why she wasn’t allowed contact with the outside world? Next time she saw him, she’d have to ask.
    The foil packet of tablets crunched in her hand, and she thanked God that he’d at least left those. Jess threw two down her throat and retreated back to bed. Unclipping her bra, she dropped it to the floor, along with her panties. Jess always slept naked, and this was too long a habit to ignore.
    And besides she reasoned, her duties didn’t start till tomorrow.
    Tonight was for healing, and curling into a ball, Jess punched the soft pillow and nestled in. She decided to have some shut eye before food arrived. Her eyes drooped and she fell into a dreamless sleep.
    §§§
    Rune drove through the lanes; the car weaved along a spidery crawl of twisting twirls until he reached the turn off. A large sign blew against the post written in sweeping black strokes Stormchaser .
    His Lamborghini pulled up outside the large rambling bungalow that was actually a club. One exclusively for shifters only, no humans allowed. It was also run by his current mistress Storm, each one of her girls was up for sex. He tried not to grin; basically, it was a vampire brothel. It was also one he visited on a nightly basis, to fuck the hostess. Rune didn’t pay for sex, didn’t need to; as the madam, she didn’t sell her own body. Not that he would care if she did, that would be her decision.
    He wondered why he didn’t give a damn if she shared herself. Then put the thought aside. Tonight, he would take her, and then reveal he wouldn’t be visiting for the next few days. Briefly, he wondered what her reaction would be and instinctively realized she wouldn’t be pleased because for the last six months she’d had exclusive rights to his body.
    Rune had sensed how she kept her true thoughts to herself, but he’d stolen into her mind and read them. The jealousy and possessiveness that bounced back was hot and furious. Yet her body was merely a receptacle for his needs, one that could take his overly large erection. No other emotion penetrated him, no care or need, only the desire to have sex.
    His thoughts flicked back to Jessalyn, the woman with flames running through her hair, the same blaze that absorbed his body. The tempest she’d ignited