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trademark sexy, confident shove home.  Oh, yeah, he definitely appreciated a hot chick who knew how to handle wood.  Pun intended.
    But now wasn't the time to admire her warrior skills, or the way her full lips quirked in a satisfied smile, or the satin wisps of hair that curled around her flushed cheeks.  Nope.  Not the time.
    He casually adjusted his erection with the heel of his hand, because clearly, his dick was not listening to the whole, not the time , thing.
    "No, not bad," he acknowledged through clenched teeth.  "But there are at least thirty vamps in Cedric's clan.  They could show up at any moment."  He knelt beside Zach, one of the newer Guardians in the North Portland Aegis cell, and sliced through his ropes as Andrea did the same for brothers Trey and Matthew.
    The moment the three were released, they closed ranks, all glaring murder at Kaden.  "Vampire," Trey spat.  "You let yourself be turned."
    Their weapons lay in a pile in the corner, and Matthew snagged a handful of stakes.  Kaden didn't bother to stop him, but Andrea put herself between the Guardians and him.
    "Stop it."  She jammed her fists on her hips, looking all fierce and cute.  "He just saved your lives."
    Zach shot her an incredulous stare.  "So?  He's a vampire.  He probably saved us from the others so he could eat us himself."
    Kaden couldn't blame them for their skepticism.  He'd have been singing the same tune not long ago.  "I don't want to eat you."  He stepped away from them and the exit, because what he'd said wasn't entirely true.  He'd like to eat them just for being assholes.  "You need to go before the rest of the clan gets here."  He grasped Andrea's arm and turned her into him.  "You too."
    "No.  We stay and fight."
    "That'll be suicide," Matthew broke in.  "It was a trap.  Probably set by Kaden."
    Again, he couldn't blame Matthew for his line of thinking, but at this point, Andrea's safety was his prime concern.  He wasn't going to let these guys put her in jeopardy because they were too blinded by training to see the truth.
    Kaden swung around, baring his teeth and giving them an up-close and personal reminder of why they shouldn't fuck with him.   "Get. Out," he said, with a calm he didn't feel.  "I could kick your asses before, and you can't even begin to imagine what I can do to you now."
    Matthew turned crimson with fury, Trey went wide-eyed with surprise, and Zach paled so fast Kaden thought he'd pass out.
    Once again, Andrea put herself between Kaden and the three Guardians.  It was a sweet gesture, but unnecessary.  Kaden hadn't been kidding about being able to kick their asses.
    "Go," she said firmly.  "Wait outside the chamber.  Give me two minutes."
    She must have delivered her command with a side order of glare that dared them to argue, because they didn't.  They filed out the doorway, but not without muttering obscenities under their breath at Kaden.
    When they were gone, she turned to him, but he didn't give her a chance to speak.  "You need to go too, Andrea."
    Hurt blanketed her expression.  "Not without you."
    "I can't go back, and you know it."
    "You're going to get killed if you stay and fight."
    "And I'm going to get killed if I go back to The Aegis.  I'd rather go down swinging."  He couldn't bear the sadness in her eyes or the sudden, cavernous emptiness in his chest.  Without thinking, he palmed the back of her neck and brought her in close.  He dipped his head, and the moment their lips touched, he poured everything he felt for her into his kiss.
    He just hoped she didn't feel his regrets, especially the big one, the one that had foolishly kept him from committing himself fully to her.
    Then there was the other regret, the one in which he'd told her there would be a later.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Seven
     
     
    The kiss was goodbye.
    Andrea knew it to her very soul, and she felt it in a shiver over her entire body.  Eyes stinging, she jerked away from