Surrounded by Temptation

Author:Mandy Harbin [Harbin, Mandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Amazon: B009P8NJBU
Publisher: Amira Press
Published: 2012-10-09T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Waking up with Rob’s body cocooning hers made Ariel feel like melting into him a little more. Which was exactly why she’d slithered out from the bed, threw on some clothes, and decided to work in the main house.

She wasn’t an idiot.

If she’d stayed, she would’ve been at his mercy. Probably having more sexual relations. Granted, her body would’ve enjoyed it—she was deliciously sore this morning—but her heart, er, her head would’ve been fighting the attraction. And she needed her head focused on her task. A task that was not exactly why she was here, but more peripheral. She argued with herself that gaining this knowledge would help with her primary objective—stabilizing the Woods’ aggressive mating needs—because it’d help her grasp everything as a whole. And it was a question that niggled at her from day one.

Where did these cat shifters come from? That was what she needed to learn. And why hadn’t anyone asked this question before? As far as she thought, everyone in the know just accepted them at face value since the history of their kind died with Thomas’ parents. But her scientific mind just wouldn’t concede to that. She needed concrete evidence that supported one of her theories. And said theories ran the gamut of far out possibilities, which were barrowed from comic strips, Area 51, and government lab experiments gone awry. She had other less dramatic theories, like gene mutation, or infection, or a combination of both of those things, or many other theories. She knew she was grasping at straws, but she had to start somewhere.

She’d been at it for hours, locked in the office, skipping breakfast, and hadn’t discovered anything to suggest any theory was more superior than the others. It was frustrating because she was searching blindly, but she had no other choice. She was in the middle of reading werewolf legends when she heard the handle jiggle on the small office door.

“Brought you some food,” Krista said. Mikaela followed behind her.

“I’m not hungry.” Ariel turned back to the computer.

“How’d it go last night?” Krista asked as she set a plate of fruit and croissants next to her.

Mikaela snatched up a few strawberries before leaning against the desk, facing Ariel.

She sighed, turning to face her intruders. “It went fine.”

“Funny,” Mikaela said, lifting a piece of the fruit to her mouth. “That’s exactly the same thing Rob said at breakfast.”

Ariel felt her cheeks get hot and she quickly tucked her hair behind her ear, trying to hide her embarrassment. She could talk about pretty much anything in a clinical setting, but when the attention was focused on her, she felt totally inept. Just remembering how Rob had mastered her body sent a shiver of remembered need coursing through her.

“Oh my God, you slept with him!” Krista screeched.

At the scornful look in her sister’s eyes, Ariel said, “Seduction is a necessary part of testing the compound.” She quickly grabbed a croissant to help shove any more lame excuses from spilling out. She could

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