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two beer bottles
from the mini fridge and lifted h er eyebrows.
“Thought this would be better than coffee.”
    “You read my mind.”
Trevor grinned. He pulled himself onto one of the barstools across from her,
used his telekinesis to pop the top of his beer off into the garbage basket,
and then took a pull.
    “Wo uldn’t that be a dangerous thing?” Davina teased. She could
only imagine what was going through his mind.
    She knew Trevor was
interested in more than this drink, more than a conversation, and maybe she was
too…but not yet. The pieces were beginning to fall into place and she suspected he might be one of those pieces, but there was one
other piece that needed to happen. There was still a prophecy that she alone
needed to see fulfilled. Then she’d help her mate fulfill her prophecy.
    “I’m pretty much an
open b ook,” Trevor assured her. “Nothing hiding up here that’s too dangerous.” Grinning, he knocked his knuckle
against the side of his head.
    “So, open book, why
TEU?
    “It’s all I ever
wanted to do.” Another shrug. “I couldn’t imagine staying in our
village in It aly, surrounded by other Breeds and
living a life of routine.”
    “Family?”
    “Just
my mamma and papa.”
    “What do they do?”
    “Papa builds
furniture. Mamma takes care of papa.”
    “Ah,
the tradition of it all.” Davina nodded. “You don’t strike me as the traditionalist. In fact I’m betting you like lots of
excitement.” Davina reached across and ran her fingernail along his arm.
    Trevor shuddered at
her touch, his green eyes flaring yellow for just a moment before he pulled his
control forward. He eyed her f rom under those unruly
curls springing down onto his forehead. Licking his lips, he inched closer to
Davina. One little kiss couldn’t hurt, just to sample, to see if the chemistry
she expected was there.
    Davina leaned in and
met Trevor halfway as their lip s touched, gentle at
first as they tested each other. Then Davina nipped at his plump bottom lip and
when he opened, she licked his upper lip, found his tongue, and swirled their
essences together. The mix was an aphrodisiac. There was that elusive taste s he understood only belonged to two people with the right
genes. If she didn’t get out of here, she might throw her plan out. That would
do no one any good. She had a responsibility to their race.
    Pulling away, Davina
sighed. “Damn, that was nice.”
    She open ed her eyes to see Trevor watching her, the hunger in his
eyes screaming for more. She shook her head at him and he nodded back at her.
Using only his mind, he cleared the bar top so he could lean back into her.
When he was so close Davina thought she’d al low just
one more kiss, she closed her eyes and said a prayer to the Goddess. Placing
her hands on his chest, she stopped Trevor’s advance.
    “Time
to go. You’re driving me home, right?” She skirted the edge of the bar and quickly
grabbed her coat and purse. Within seconds, she was
standing at the front door, waiting for him to catch up to her.
    “Right. So that?” Trevor looked between her and the
coffee bar where they’d just been.
    “Yea,
about that. Not good right now.” Davina shook her head.
    “Oh, it was good.” Trevor’s voice dropped a few octaves, deep and rough. He
raised his eyebrows and again gave her that irresistible grin.
    She had to get out of
here. He might not realize it, but he was throwing off the mating pheromone and
she felt like a cat in heat. Air, she needed air.
Pulling the door open as Trevor reached for his coat, Davina stepped out into
the snow. The sooner she got to the safety of her home—the one shared with her
parents—the better for everyone.

 
     
     
    Chapter
Two
     
     
    Grace woke before the
sun the next morning. The glare of the sun off the
newly fallen snow wasn’t what woke her. No, it was her dreams. The same dream
she’d been having for months, the one that grew more vivid each time she sank
into its comfort. She