Hot for the Holidays by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780515147001
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

“We have to get back to the cabin.” He slowed his steps marginally though, knowing she

didn’t have the endurance that he himself had. “Did you let anyone know you were

leaving the cabin?”

“No,” she stated mutinously behind him. “I didn’t want company.”

“Well, you had company anyway,” he growled. “The wrong sort.”

“Story of my life,” she muttered.

He glared back at her before jerking his head forward again and concentrating on

getting her to safety.

He should have known better than to look back at her. Each time he looked at her he

was struck by a rush of arousal that bordered on painful, just as he had been the first

time he saw her two years ago.

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With her red-gold hair falling behind her shoulders in heavy, ribbon-straight curtains, her

wide blue eyes and porcelain perfect skin, she was like a vision of angelic innocence.

Cupid’s bow lips, finely arched brows, high cheekbones. Her slender body was sleek

and compact; at five feet and six inches, a little on the short side compared to Breeds,

but with generous breasts and tempting hips.

She made a man think of all the nasty things he could do to that perfect body even as

he felt like a perverted monster whenever he looked into her innocent face.

The innocence was real. Jessica Raines was still a virgin, as medical reports attested.

And she was his mate.

“What the hell were you doing out here by yourself?” He snarled at her, angry at himself

for the overriding lust tormenting him; angry at her for being the innocent, delicate

creature she was.

“I’m always by myself,” she snapped back. “Why should a walk in the woods be any

different?”

He almost winced at the statement, because it was the truth. She’d been imprisoned for

a year, seeing only the doctor, a few of the higher ranking Breed female mates and her

interrogators until they managed to figure out why Jessica had betrayed them. When

she had been released, it had been into Haven only. She wasn’t allowed off the

compound. She was given her own cabin, and most Breeds steered well clear of her

because she was his mate.

“You have bodyguards,” he reminded her coldly. “Sharone and Emma were assigned to

you when you were released. They’re not exactly unfriendly, so why weren’t they with

you?”

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Sharone and Emma, two of the rare Coyote Breed females, loved trouble. He’d

expected any day to have to deal with a situation they had orchestrated where Jess was

concerned.

“They have two days off.” She shrugged. “I imagine today was one of those days.”

“Ashley?” He barked out the name of the other coyote female. “She’s on backup.”

She shrugged again. He felt the movement through her arm as they cleared the woods

and headed for the cabin. The compound was on red alert. Breeds were rushing

through the woods now, the main gates were closed and the entire compound on

lockdown.

Hawke’s lips thinned. Jess was to be protected at all costs. She was to have a guard

twenty-four/seven and

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