ibration of the backup generato

credibly heavy, like her bones had been filled with lead. The muscles

eached out to grab her p

much further th

p, knocking it over with a loud crash. Th

ng looked closer than usual. Her ce

r chin and loo

n't he

d palm with thick knuckles and faint,

reath to scream, but the sound that ripped from

ilk duvet off in

, heavily muscled male chest co

the mattress. The tall, heavy body hit the floor hard, her limbs tangling a

and lunged into the attached master bathro

up into t

e stared back at her, his eyes wide

her cheek. The man in the mi

The deep bass of her voice b

bedroom, the deep male sc

ttempted to execute a tactical kip-up to sp

losive muscle mass he expected. His c

and he pitched forward, face-pla

feminine gasp

to touch his throat. His Adam's apple wa

ench lace nightgown. He saw the soft cur

rol of a former elite mercenary

balance completely off, and

he bathroom

and Dara (in Donavon's

three feet of marble floor. The a

s high, breathless, and shaking with

frame towering over him. "That's wha

vely trying to grab her by the co

shorter now. His hands

avoid the attack. Her heavy heel cau

lass bottles of cologne and serum shatter

ing around like a clumsy idiot trying to avoid glass

her. The woman's eyes were red and watering-a physiological reaction

. The horrifying reality

tion. They were trapped