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But when he heard her speak he’d looked up slowly to see her gaze intent on him.
    “And she killed herself to get away from me,” he admitted for the first time in all these years. “I couldn’t give her what she wanted or needed so she turned to him. Then I killed him and she had nothing. So she died.”
    “And your penance is to continue to have nothing because that’s what you think you deserve,” she said while shaking her head. “Oh, Eli.”
    “It is done,” he said, moving so abruptly water splashed over the side of the tub. He stood then, walking to the small closet and pulling out a towel. “Let’s get you into bed. You should rest.”
    “I don’t need to rest,” she said disdainfully, coming to a stand in the tub so that water dripped in quick succession over her lush nakedness.
    He breathed in deep, his chest constricting, temples throbbing incessantly as he wrestled with imminent desire and constant inner betrayal. He shouldn’t want Nivea. He’d decided long ago that there would never be another female in his life that could ultimately end up hurt or worse. Yet, he did want her, and in the last few hours felt as if he wouldn’t take another breath if something happened to her.
    “And I don’t need you handling me with kid gloves,” she exclaimed, extending an arm to grab the towel he’d been holding with a death grip from his hands.
    Wrapping the towel around her, shielding all that he wanted from his view, Nivea stepped out of the tub.
    “This is ridiculous and then again, it’s not. I completely understand your guilt, but I’m here to tell you it’s unnecessary. You can’t live your life blaming yourself for other people’s faults or actions.”
    “You don’t know what you’re talking about, so it’s probably best to stop talking altogether,” he told her.
    “Is that your way of telling me to shut up?”
    His reply was to walk out of the bathroom, leaving her and whatever else she thought she wanted to say to him, alone. In his room Eli ran his hands down his face. He tried to steady his breathing, to get a grip on all that was going on around him and to stop thinking about fucking her again and again!
    “Okay, let’s just talk about this. Something really bad happened to you and you reacted. But it doesn’t make you an awful person, Eli. You’re stronger than this. I know you are.”
    “You don’t know anything about me!” he yelled.
    Then he clapped his lips shut and turned away from her. He tried counting from one hundred, taking in slow and deep breaths, each method of relaxation that was supposed to work. He did not want to talk about his past, and most of all not with her. Eli was certain she wouldn’t understand. Hell, there was still so much he didn’t understand himself.
    “You will not go into the field until I say so. You are officially on medical leave,” he said, walking to the door with every intention of locking her inside if that’s what it took to keep her safe.
    “What?” she yelled back. “Are you out of your damned mind? I’m not a child that you can just dictate to, Eli. I’m an adult and I’m—”
    Whatever she was going to say was lost in the next three seconds as Eli spun around, crossed the room, and grabbed her into his arms, smashing his lips down over hers in a hungry kiss that stole his breath, his mind, and almost every single dark part of him at once.

CHAPTER 10
    Kissing Eli was like being engulfed by a raging storm. He took everything from her, air, thought, inhibitions, it all melted away with each stroke of his tongue. She fell into him at that moment, being dragged under and struggling to breathe. His strong hands cupped her face and she grabbed his wrists to keep herself standing upright. His teeth scraped along her lips, her chin, then his tongue was plunging deep again. Their breathing was erratic, hearts beating wildly as hunger threatened to consume them both.
    Then she was lifted off her feet and dropped onto the bed,