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    some trace of light for her to see. It was pitch black beyond the entrance. Not even a stray beam
    of light filtered through a crack in the ceiling. She took a few steps into the passage leading
    down into the mountain.

    Surely the woman wasn’t spending her days in complete darkness. She frowned as she
    paced down the corridor. Lina emerged into an empty, large room. She‟d expected to find Nerisa
    Regal in the first real room far enough away from the entrance to ensure that no light would give
    her away to any who might be outside.

    She could see signs that the woman had been in the room, but she wasn‟t here now. The
    smell of smoke hung strongly in the air, very fresh, but the charred bits of wood in the pit didn‟t
    glow. Nerisa should be here. Had the woman seen her approaching and run?

    Suddenly, Lina sensed a shifter male running up behind her. The tingle of awareness
    coursed down her spine, a definitive alarm. Fear crashed through her and she responded
    instinctively. She dropped the light as she spun, claws bursting from the tips of her fingers.
    Those sharp talons made contact with a hard-muscled, cloth-covered chest as her light clattered
    on the stone floor. She leapt back, wanting space to move before she even really saw whom she
    had swiped.

    Lina‟s eyes widened and she shook her head in disbelief as reality slammed home. The
    big man with the long black spiraling hair she‟d seen on the monitor stood before her. His white
    shirt bore four jagged tears across the chest. Red trails of blood plastered the material to his skin from chest to waist where the shirt disappeared into the tight black pants which encased his long,
    muscled legs. He looked much bigger, much stronger than he had on the vid-screen and the
    intimidation factor had multiplied off the charts.

    “I didn‟t just attack someone so obviously alpha.” Lina backed up a step as he stepped
    farther into the room. Without realizing it she‟d spoken the words aloud. A strange mixture of
    uncertainty and anger warred for superiority within her.

    “Yes, you did.” The intense look in his eyes astounded her. His dark brown eyes almost
    burned as they ran over her. She couldn‟t mistake his sexual interest. “You have two choices.
    You can belly down the easy way or I‟ll take you down, Lina.”

    “I won‟t submit to you. You have no authority over me. No man does or ever has.” Lina
    bared her teeth at him, her body loosening, preparing for a fight. How dare he presume to give
    her an ultimatum? And how does he know my name?

    “I think a brighter light is in order for this.” A white smile flashed across his dark face.
    His hand moved to the small black rectangular com-link at his hip, flicked a switch and spoke
    just three words. “I‟ve got her.”

    Gods, this was bad. She eyed the trails of blood and held back a groan as she realized just
    what she‟d done. While most people would understand that she‟d been startled, she knew that he
    didn‟t see the situation in that light. That attack could be viewed as a challenge and he obviously
    chose to see it as such. Although she doubted it would help, she had to try to talk him out of
    forcing a full submission. Anything less and she could sidestep the major issues and slip away at
    the first opportunity. Not that even full submission was going to change her mind on leaving.
    Living in a thent wasn‟t for her. It would just make things much more complicated when she left.
    The Ardin of this thent would not only follow her, they‟d feel they had a duty to do it.

    She licked her lips and took a shaky breath. “You surprised me. Anyone would have
    come around swinging when they sensed someone running up behind them.”

    “Especially if that someone was trying to hide something.” His eyes swept down her
    body.

    “Well, I didn‟t expect anyone to be coming up behind me that fast. I pretty much reacted
    on instinct. Surely you can understand that.” She let