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him. All she had to do was funnel all this sexual tension he kept stirring up
in her and focus it into an angry confrontation. She’d had lots of practice on focusing thanks to the unique abilities passed down through her mother’s bloodline.
    Connyn was so close, she could feel the heat from his body.
The temptation to lean into it was strong and her thoughts took a quick little
side trip imagining running her hands over his broad chest and pressing her
breasts against that wall of solid muscle.
    For a moment, she thought he was just going to try to stare
her down. Braced for some form of assault, she was totally unprepared when he
reached up and brushed his fingertips down her cheek. Shocked by his action,
she flinched back from his touch. He frowned and slid his hand around the back
of her neck, holding her gently but firmly. The staring contest ended when his
gaze roamed over her face and his thumb gently stroked the side of her face.
    “Aurora.”
    The way he said her name, a deep rumbling like a whispered
roar, made her feel both wholly protected and completely vulnerable at the same
time. A very unnerving sensation.
    Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath. Mentally, she
pulled away from the emotions he had pinging around inside her like a pinball
machine on full tilt. She needed to keep her balance through this if she
intended to—
    All thought flew out of her mind as Connyn’s mouth settled
over hers in a kiss that sent electric heat zinging through her body, riding
currents of lust that converged between her legs with a desire so strong she
wondered if he hadn’t drugged her at some point. His mouth moved over hers and
her knees threatened to give out. In a reflexive attempt to keep upright, her
fingers dug into his leather coat. Until now, she hadn’t even realized she’d
been hanging on to him.
    His hand moved up her back, holding and supporting her as
his tongue slowly but lightly traced the line between her closed lips. It was a
gentle, sensual caress that sent a full-body shiver through her.
    He pulled away from the kiss but enveloped her in his arms,
hugging her close. “It’s too cold to be out here without your coat.”
    Aurora was enjoying being pressed against the heat and solid
muscle of his chest too much to inform him that it wasn’t the weather making
her shiver. “About the room…” she mumbled against the soft cotton of his shirt.
He even smelled sexy. Something close to warm sandalwood but with a wild edge
she’d never associated with that scent before.
    Setting her back from him enough to look her in the eyes, he
said, “We’re staying in the same room.”
    The warm fuzzies still floating through her stomach from his
kiss immediately did a nose dive and fizzled out. The man might have noble
intentions, but he sure as hell could use some etiquette lessons. She was not
about to let him think that he could mow her over whenever his gears flipped
into Mr. Macho Man mode.
    She opened her mouth to protest his high handedness but he
cut her off. “I will not argue when it comes to your safety. In that regard,
you will do what I tell you to do.”
    His last words were hard and clipped, leaving her with the
distinct impression he expected her to snap to attention and bark out a yes,
sir! Instead, she crossed her arms over her chest and raised her eyebrows
at him.
    “And if I don’t?”
    Holding her gaze with a look that reminded her of Superman’s
heat vision searing through solid metal, he leaned into her space until his
wide shoulders blocked the light and put her completely in his shadow. “You
will.”
    The steely, whisper-soft words growled out of the dark mass
before her. Though the expression on his face was lost to obscurity, the set of
his jaw backlit by the hotel’s flashing sign clearly indicated he meant what he’d
said. She’d been wrong. Pissing people off wasn’t his specialty. Intimidation
was.
    Without another word, he turned and walked into the