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mind and he couldn’t shake the feeling it was important to them all.

Chapter Six

    “I can’t tell you anything because I don’t know,” she whispered as Joshua nodded. He’d said he couldn’t protect her, but he’d lied. He didn’t know what it was about her, what drew him to her, but neither his cousin nor anyone else would get their hands on her.
    “Follow my lead,” he warned, his words whispered into her towel-dried hair. She smelled of almond shampoo, his favorite, although it smelled better on her than it ever had on him. His arm was firm around her shoulder, as he guided her back into the living area where Noah stood by the plasma screen with a larger man. Both turned as they re-entered the room.
    “Prince, it’s always a pleasure to welcome you to my home.” Josh held his free hand out as they neared his cousin. Prince was tall and dark like the two brothers, but that was where the resemblance ended. This man was ugly, although it wasn’t his looks distorting his face. His eyes were dark, framed by ebony lashes and brows but his envy, and hatred warped his handsomeness into a vicious portrait of loathing. His eyes were narrowed, with deep grooves in his brow pitted by his persistent glowering.
    “Cousin, it is an honor to enter your home,” Prince spoke, his tone barely peeking above freezing, but his eyes danced immediately to the face of the woman sheltered beneath Joshua’s shoulder. “And who is this sweet little thing?”
    “Eva, this is my cousin, Prince,” Joshua tightened his hold on the woman as she shuddered. “Prince, this is Eva, my woman, my soulmate.” He ignored the heated look Eva flared at him. He’d told her to follow his lead, how would she handle this? Would she go along with it?
    “Your soulmate? I hadn’t heard…” Prince cast his eyes over the strange- looking woman. Her pale hair was damp as was Joshua’s and they both wore robes although she displayed a tantalizing peek of cleavage and her slim, bare legs showed beneath the hem of the soft robe. “I had heard you were ill.”
    “If you’re concerned because I haven’t been active in the club, I am confident in Noah’s ability to deal with business without my presence—especially since this delightful woman walked into my life. I have realized my purpose in my life is to secure the title of Prince to our people and have been busy with my Eva. I didn’t realize how much fun fulfilling my duty could be.”
    “Your soulmate?” Eva leaned up to hiss into Joshua’s ear. She didn’t understand what was going on but was intuitive enough to realize she shouldn’t dispute anything Joshua said to his cousin although that didn’t mean she couldn’t devise her own method of revenge. Soulmate indeed!
    “Prince?” Eva turned her pale eyes to the man staring back at her. His interest was apparent in the way he stood, his hips pushed forward a little too much, his lips formed into what he believed to be a sexy snarl. “Oh my God, Josh, you were right,” she giggled, a hand reaching to cover her mouth as though she’d just committed a terrible social faux pas as she looked up into Joshua’s face.
    “Right about what?” Prince immediately jumped on her laughter-filled comment. He read the joke and his anger began to build. How dare this woman join in on the joke when he, as family, wasn’t included?
    She’s good, Noah chuckled inside Josh’s mind. She’s growing on me.
    “I love your sense of humor, sweetheart.” Joshua lifted her face as he lowered his mouth to her lips and, although she struggled a little against the arm holding her to his chest, the kiss deepened, changed and she found she no longer wanted to pull away. His lips were a furnace burning her skin and his tongue pushed like a determined flame between her lips. She didn’t want this; didn’t want this man taking advantage of her, but she would kill him if he dared to stop the kiss before it had run its course. It was the touch of his hot