Crystal Captive: Department 57, Book 3 by Lynne Connolly

Author:Lynne Connolly
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Detective, Weres
Published: 2011-03-16T13:00:00+00:00

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When he saw her walking toward him in the lobby of her office building, her calm eyes and bright smile told Domenici all he needed to know. Damn Americans, he should have known better than to trust one. Or maybe that should be damn women, or damn humans. Damn everything, for that matter.

He watched her walk toward him and compared her to the image on the Internet that he’d seen that morning. With him behind her, both of them naked. So now the world knew they were a couple, and they had nothing to hide anymore. This was in the nature of a damage reduction exercise. He was surprised she could appear so calm.

He’d managed to quell his temper, but it surged up again when he saw her coming closer. Why his brainless organ rose to attention every time he saw her passed his understanding, but his cock didn’t rule him, and it never would. It had landed him into enough trouble already.

Her smile broadened when she reached him but faded when she saw his unsmiling face. “What is it?”

“You might be laughing, but I’m not.”

“Why?”

He slanted her a glance. “I’d like to talk it over when we get there. If we’re going to be an item, then we’d better start somewhere.”

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“What?”

He ignored her openmouthed innocence and took her hand to drag her out to the car.

Cameras flashed, and he growled. He’d never felt his dragon so close to the surface before, ready to emerge and roar at the intrusive media. He’d never asked for it; he didn’t like all this attention. Not his job, but the job of the people he worked for, people who courted this kind of treatment.

When she got into the car, he gave her a deliberately lingering look, totally unlike the one in the lobby. But this was public. The sleek limo had a wide backseat with an armrest in the middle, strongly in his mind when he’d hired it. No way did he want his usual vehicle and its purposely anonymous license plate exposed to all this. Before, no one had chased him, only snapped his picture when he appeared in a public place with a public personality. This level of pursuit sucked. Well, if this affair panned out as he wanted, it wouldn’t last.

The drive to the restaurant didn’t take long, and they were pursued all the way. The ubiquitous mopeds and scooters in Rome chased them, but this limo had darkened windows.

He daren’t talk to her. If they had an inkling of his fury with them or with her, the story would only become more desirable. So he turned away and stared out of the window, ignoring her small sounds of puzzlement until the car drew up outside L'Edera.

The usual mob waited for them, photographers and reporters, including, he noted with interest, a couple from Gossip magazine.

He got out of the car and extended his arm to help her out, afterward curving it around her waist. He didn’t look at her, but even her scent aroused him.

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