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and there will be bloodshed.” She paused for maximum effect. “Yours. Not mine.”
    His arms dropped to his sides, and she could have sworn a growl resonated from his body. He stepped forward, closing the distance between them. Elle held her ground. She’d be damned if she let him intimidate her. The air rushed from his lungs in rapid, shallow bursts. She locked her gaze with his. How, she didn’t know, but the sage green color of his eyes had changed, deepened into a glistening emerald. The energy spiked between them like a crackling experiment in static electricity. Her nipples pebbled to hard, sensitive points that rubbed against the leather of her top with every labored breath. Damn. How did the switch inside her get tripped, taking her from pissed-off to aroused-as-hell in an instant?
    A horn blew, and Elle jumped. Both swung their heads in the direction of the oncoming headlights and then hustled the rest of the way across the street. Arran’s boots beat the pavement behind her.
    After popping the lock on her car with the remote, she opened the door, and sank into her seat behind the wheel. Less than two seconds later, Arran joined her in the passenger seat. The cushion released a sigh under his weight as he sank onto the soft leather. His door slammed shut with an ominous thud.
    Breathe. That’s all she had to do. Breathe and find something other than him to look at. She studied the line of parking meters and streetlamps out her window, both hands resting on the steering wheel. Arran was sitting in her car. Wonder what shade of green you’d call that on the meters? If she looked at him, it would be too real. Larger than life. And she didn’t know what—or how—to feel about that yet.
    The shuffle of their boots and the squeak of leather became the only sound between them. Elle reached into her purse and dug around on the bottom until she found a peppermint. She really didn’t like the taste of beer. The noise of the wrapper uncoiling off the candy felt magnified times ten within the tension of the car. She popped the mint into her mouth and rolled the sweet candy around on her tongue—waiting. The unnerving silence blossomed like a building thunderhead, threatening to crash down around them.
    This was a serious mistake.
    Someone had to go first and end the stalemate and she was more than ready for him to get to the point about what was so damn important. Inhaling deeply, Elle shifted in Arran’s direction. Her fist clamped down on the steering wheel, and her teeth grabbed hold of her lower lip. Arran sat with his back pressed against the passenger door, as if he couldn’t get enough distance between them. In the darkness of the car, his eyes glowed with a fiery ring around them. One hand clutched the dashboard hard. The veins in his arm stood out in sharp relief in the shadows underneath the windshield. His other arm wrapped around the back of the seat. The position pulled the bottom edge of his shirt up and revealed a ripple of flat abs and a dark trail of hair that disappeared into his jeans. Dear God . Moisture soaked the lining of her panties, and her thighs trembled.
    He was delicious.
    And the most lethal thing she’d ever seen.
    For the past two years, she’d been working on putting her life back together after he’d torn it apart. She would never be that vulnerable again. Elle crossed her legs on her desire and cleared her throat.
    “Okay.” She lifted her hands and indicated the closed interior of the car. “Is this private enough for what you have to say?” Silence. He watched her. Watched her with what resembled—hunger—in his eyes. Her stomach quivered under the intensity of his stare. “What!” She couldn’t help but shout. He was making her crazy.
    “You can’t be here.” The words were a declaration—a command on his part. But the sound that followed them was something closer to a groan. He closed his eyes and dropped his head back against the window.
    “Arran. Talk to me.