tte

whelming stench of metallic blood engulfed me, completely masking the faint, clean scent of snow-

sing he was severely wounded, my in

to lock the stall door, only to find the latch w

ed into the restrooms?" another replied. "You guard the exit. I'll check the women's room!

e dim light, I could see his face was deathly pale, the e

ingly familiar about those cold, piercing blue eyes

estroom. The chaser was kicking the st

courage born from having my heart shattered tonight-but I grabbed the man'

cooperate if y

uckled his belt, yanked his expensive tailored trousers down, and kicked them toward t

habit I kept for emergencies-and sprayed it everywhere, overpowering the metallic tang of blood. At the same time, a surge of adrenaline spiked

pulled my T-shirt over my head, tossing it aside, leaving me in only my lacy bra.

my bare waist, pulling me flush against his hard, burning chest. A strange, electric jolt sparked the moment our lips met,

rd the intruder, screaming with feigned rage, "What

bare, pale back and the man's trousers discarded on the floor, the rogue's aggres

the stall," the rogue yelled back to his partne

had. I bit my lower lip hard, my hands tightly gripping

watching a live show and keep looking

y retreated, and the r

ence that I let out a long, shaky exhale. I turned to

up his trousers, and fastened his belt. He

him back, and pointed at th

Bending down to dig through my bag, I said in my stern, clinical voice

e lingering scent of alcohol I had sprayed. A faint, amus

ackened and sizzling faintly. Silver and wolfsbane.

t above the wound, and then used a pen

this every forty minutes for about five minutes to let the blood fl

stepped back, I realized he

eathing. But what caught my eye was a savage, jagged scar on his shoulder that extended all the way down his back. It was an old wound, fully hea

, using his blood-stained fingers to selectively fasten just two buttons, leaving his chest dang

gasped, looking up into

all, cold metal object w

. The overwhelming aura of a supreme predator washed over me as he lea

... until we

door, and walked out into the shad