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Humans – normal humans – avoided the castle because they grew increasingly ill from the amount of magic concentrated therein. M elanie , Jenna and Jenna’s daughter apparently had been the exceptions and it infuriated Armand, which Rhys always appreciated. As much as he loved his oldest brother, Rhys felt that Armand was too tightly wound for his own good. And having two gorgeous girls sunbathe nearly nude on the rooftop while he was in gargoyle form had been one of the most exciting things to have happened to him during the day in a very long time .
    He had been drawn to her immediately and it had been all he could do to remain standing when he wanted to claim her right then and there as a gargoyle . That would have terrified both of the girls, since Melanie had not yet been made aware of their true natures. And Armand would have taken a chisel to him had he done something so stupid. Hell, his older brother had almost taken a chisel to Vaughn just a few days before for a similar offense.
    It had n’t help ed matters that Jenna had run her slender hands all over his stone body ; her touch had sent waves of sensation along his stone skin, deep into his rock hard belly. He hadn’t known a human’s touch during the day could be so damn arousing and he hadn’t wanted her to ever stop. But then, just moments later, she had spread her towel out and lay down on it in nothing more than a skimpy bikini.
    It was worth losing the feel of her hands when she had unhooked her top and then rolled over.
    Even in black and white and shades of gray she had been stunning and he had enjoyed watching her sunbathe beneath the winter sun, her firm, ripe breasts the perfect size for his human hand. They weren’t as full as Melanie’s but they had been flawless and he had wanted to consume her. Her body was sleekly muscled, slender and graceful; she had a dancer’s body.
    When Melanie had teasingly inferred that he wasn’t as handsome as Vaughn, he actually growled. It had not been a rational move on his part but his reactions towards her were not rational. He just knew that he had wanted her to like him before she had even met him.
    It had probably been a blessing that he had not been able to meet her before tonight; had he met her before he got to know Melanie he would not have been able to keep his hands to himself. He would have caused Jenna immeasurable pain because he wouldn’t have known her heartache, her close ties to her family, her devotion to her daughter. Now he knew how very difficult the choice was that Melanie was going to have to make , a choice that he wouldn’t ask Jenna to make until the time was right.
    As they walked along in companionable silence, his conflicting thoughts plaguing his mind, he couldn’t keep his eyes from Jenna. Her glossy black hair gently moved with the wind, sticking to her lips and driving him crazy with lustful thoughts. But her ears were starting to glow bright red from the frigid cold and he wanted to smack himself for dragging her out of the apartment before she could finish getting her winter gear on. “Are you cold?”
    “Hmm?” she looked up at him and he swallowed thickly as he was once again smacked by the beauty of her eyes. Nothing had prepared him for the blueness of those eyes; they reached into his soul and tugged at something he hadn’t known existed. Everything about her drew him in, completing something inside of him.
    “Are you cold?” he repeated the question, afraid that she hadn’t heard him because her ears were already frozen.
    She chuckled, reaching into her pocket and tugging a moment before she pulled out a thick hat. “I forgot I even had this with me; you’re very distracting, you know.”
    Taking the hat from her, he pulled it onto her head, cupping his hands around her ears to thaw them out. Her eyes widened and her lips parted as she stared up at him with those blue eyes of hers, “How come your hands are so warm?”
    “I run hot,” he said softly,