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the laptop, and a couple of guns.”
    “And the book.”
    “And the book.” Her words came out wearier than she intended.
    “Come on, Princess. Let’s get inside.”
    They found their room on the third floor, and once the door was closed Will pulled Emma into a hug. “What do you want to do? Take a shower? Go to bed?”
    She looked up at him. “Actually, I’m hungry.”
    He smiled. “Good thing I ordered a pizza while I was checking in. They’ll deliver it in about fifteen minutes. Plenty of time for you to take a shower if you want.”
    Emma looked around the nice room. “Can we afford this place? And aren’t you worried they’ll track us down through our credit card?”
    Will tensed. “I used my persuasiveness to get the room.”
    “What does that mean?”
    His eyes hardened. “Remember how you got Kramer to talk? I used my power to convince the night clerk to let us stay here without a credit card.”
    “Without paying? That’s stealing.”
    “If it makes you feel any better, I’ll pay in the morning when we leave. But we can’t risk getting found out tonight.”
    She nodded. In the scheme of things, it was a minor point. Still, to not pay to stay here made her more like Aiden, Raphael and Alex. She wanted to stay on the side of good, not take advantage of her powers like the other elementals did. But how long could she stay here? Albuquerque had forced her to straddle the line.
    “Why don’t you take a shower and I’ll check out a couple of things on the internet.”
    “Okay…” She wrapped her arms around his neck. “You don’t want to take one with me?”
    The corners of his mouth lifted in a lazy grin. “What about the pizza?”
    “You said we had fifteen minutes.”
    He shook his head. “As tempted as I am, I suspect if I get in the shower with you, fifteen minutes won’t be enough.”
    Standing on her tiptoes, she kissed him. “Suit yourself.” Her lips lingered over his.
    His arms tightened around her waist, pulling her closer. “You fight dirty.”
    “I learned from the master.”
    He kissed her, then pushed her away. “You go shower and I’ll figure out where we’re going tomorrow. Then after you get out and the pizza comes, we won’t have any distractions.”
    “Okay,” she said reluctantly, backing toward the bathroom.
    She meant to take a quick shower, eager to get back to Will, but the warm water unknotted her tense back and shoulders, and she let it wash over her, taking some of her anxiety with it. When she emerged from the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, Will sat at a desk with the laptop, an unopened pizza box next to him.
    “The pizza came? Why didn’t you tell me?”
    He looked up with a soft smile. “I wanted to let you enjoy the shower.” He stood and walked toward her. “I’ve already had some. Why don’t you eat and I’ll take a shower.”
    “Okay.”
    She was hungrier than she thought, eating several slices before Will came out of the bathroom naked. They’d been together for weeks now, and she’d seen him unclothed many times, but the sight of him now set butterflies loose in her stomach.
    He walked toward her without saying a word and took her hand, pulling her to her feet. His other hand loosened her towel and it dropped to the floor.
    His eyes were more serious and intent than she was used to seeing when he stared at her naked body. But he wasn’t looking at her body. He was searching her face.
    His free hand reached for her cheek, pulling her mouth to his, kissing her with more gentleness than she expected.
    “Do you have any idea how much I love you?” he whispered, trailing kisses from her mouth to her ear, then her neck.
    She closed her eyes and pressed against him.
    His mouth returned to hers, more insistent, and her hand looped around his neck. “I feel like I’ve waited for you my entire life,” he murmured. “And now you’re really mine.”
    She kissed him back, needing to be closer to him, but it wasn’t enough.
    He led her to