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tonight.
    Plus, Ash is a Demon Lord. Aunt Tabs hasn ’t had too many fond thoughts of Demon Lords since one had kidnapped her last century.
    I sort of thought it was romantic myself.
    “Is she comin’ over?” Al asked.
    Aunt Tabs watched Al while I was at work. They have a tight relationship. She also makes him homemade manicotti.
    “Yeah. She’s on her way.” I caught his quick grin before he turned and trotted, practically skipping, down the hall.
    I hit the living room at a fast pace. I ’d have been running if my apartment was bigger. I entered in time to hear Al. “Yer outta here, Ass.”
    “ You know, my boots are bigger than you are, furball.” Ash stood up straight, looming over Big Al.
    I snatched Al up. “ I’ll be right back.” Al opened his little mouth and I squeezed. You’d think my boyfriend and my Chihuahua would be on their best behavior after the night I’d had.
    I opened the door to my bedroom and set him down on my bed. “ Not another word.” He headed over and planted his tiny butt on my pillow.
    From the look in his bulging eyes I knew he figured he ’d won that round. He was the one in my bed after all.
    I shut the door. Crazy Chihuahua .
    I turned around. Ash stood at the end of the hall, next to the front door. His amber eyes stroked up and down my body in a swift caress.
    “You’re kicking me out?”
    “ My aunt is on her way over.”
    “ Time for me to leave then.”
    I ’m not the only one who prefers to keep our relationship just between us.
    A little vise squeezed my heart. Not fair, I know. I was the one asking him to leave. And yet . . . I wanted him to demand to be in my life. All aspects of it. I wanted him to tell me about the shadows that lurked in his eyes. I wanted . . . A lot of things.
    Sadly, we don ’t always get what we want.
    I plastered a smile on my face as I walked toward him. “ We certainly don’t want you to be here when Aunt Tabs arrives.” Great, now I was using the royal we . And there was a distinct bite to my words.
    I wrapped my fingers around the cool metal of the doorknob. Strong, determined fingers closed over mine. He squeezed gently. Then the warmth of his chest pressed against my back, pushed me forward unti l I couldn’t move any farther. Caught between the smooth, cool wood of the door and the muscled heat of Ash.
    His head dropped forward over mine. His words rumbling down at me. “ I don’t want to leave, Kate.” His hips pressed into my back, the firm ridge of his erection adding physical proof to his words. “I want you.”
    Spirits help me, I wanted him too. And it flat out terrified me. He already had most of my heart. If I gave him my body as well, what would I have of me? When the curse took effect, how would I survive it?
    “ Ash.” His name caught in my throat. His chin rubbed slowly back and forth over my hair. My eyes closed and the scents and textures of him surrounded me. I inhaled the earthy, slightly smoky scent that made up Ash.
    I turned my head, rubbed my cheek over the soft leather of his vest. He drew his arms in, enclosing me in the tight cage of his embrace, his possession.
    “ Tomorrow night. I want to see you.”
    His chest vibrated against my back as he spoke. Something dark and faintly dangerous edged hi s voice. Reminded me he held secrets I was not aware of. And that he did not want to share with me.
    My chest tightened, suffocated in a panicked moment of his possession and my emotions. Our relationship. The curse. His secrecy.
    I’ve never allowed myself to dream. I’ve always been aware of my history and my flaws. They’ve been shoved into my face enough times to be impossible to ignore.
    These things I know. I ’m familiar with. But to want something, to know I would have to fight for it and the very real possibility that I could easily lose that battle . . . That scared the wand right out of my hand.
    The odds were already stacked against us.
    My throat closed in. Pinpricks of fear tingled