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watching her with an intensity she could feel like
a layer of heat covering her skin.
    And this heat was nothing like the heat at home.
    Determinedly turning her back on him, she picked up
her towel and dried her arms and shoulder then bent over to dry her
legs so that he had a perfect view of her ass.
    No reason not to give him something to look at.
    *****
    Whoa Mama! Brady almost choked on his drink. Luckily,
the burning from the mark disappeared as soon as he acknowledged
his charge. Considering the way his dick was standing at attention
he was amazed that Shar trusted him to watch over this incredibly
sexy woman when the overlord insisted Brady was there to keep her
safe. But who was going to keep her safe from Brady?
    “Raven is young and isn’t well-versed with the
outside world. I’m also worried about someone taking advantage of
her,” Shar had told him.
    “Are you talking physical danger?” He didn’t even
want to think what would be after any of Shar’s relatives or if
bullets could stop them.
    “I’m in a political battle down here, Brady,” Shar
said pompously. “Some factions don’t agree with my vision of what
we need to do next. I’d hoped that Raven would help the family in
furthering my agenda, but she has this crazy need to visit the
human world. She has this crazy idea she needs freedom to do her
own thing.” He shook his head in frustration. “I’m certain once she
has thissilly vacation she’ll come to her senses and do what’s
right for the family.”
    Brady began to wonder if this Raven wasn’t some
bratty teenager who was prone to temper tantrums. “I still say
you’d be better off using your own people.”
    “That wouldn’t work well at all. They don’t do well
among humans.” The dark lord grimaced. “There have been incidents
in the past that are best not to be repeated.”
    Brady thought of the private guards he passed as he
was escorted to Shar’s office. Each one a healthy eight-foot-ten
inch of pure muscle, soulless eyes that could see even through
pitch-black, hooked nose that could track down anything living or
dead, razor-sharp teeth that could probably tear steel apart. Yep,
Definitely not creatures to let loose on unsuspecting humans.
    “You see…” Shar hesitated, “the time will come when
Raven will have to assume her duties down here. It won’t be long
before she can no longer ignore family obligations”
    “So you’re letting her out to sow her wild oats, so
to speak,” Brady said.
    Shar beamed “Exactly. Perhaps it will be easier for
her once she truly comes to realize her destiny is down here. Many
of us go through this time where we think life is better up there,
but it doesn’t take us long to realize we need to be with our kind.
While she’s there, I need to know she won’t make any undesirable
alliances. I know what can happen during this time.” He coughed
uncomfortably.” “Iif you’re there, you can befriend her in order
watch over her properly. She’ll have her time away and come back
ready to work for the family’s best interests.”
    Brady wasn’t sure he liked the idea of anyone having
to live Below even if this Raven had obviously grown up here.
Still, he’d be a fool to turn down the job when Shar was offering a
lot of money. “Just tell me where to catch up with your sister and
I’ll make sure she’s kept safe and sound,” he assured the
creature.
     
    “Oh yeah, I’m only too happy to keep the lady under
observation,” he murmured, lifting his glass to catch the
bartender’s eye. In seconds, he had another JD on the rocks sitting
before him.
    This was the cushiest job he’d had since, well,
ever.
    Feeling a twinge in his thigh where a knife had
sliced in too deep, he stretched out his leg. At least the bastard
with the knife wasn’t going to cut anyone ever again. When he
looked up again, his charge was missing.
    Fuck!
    “Hi, Mike, could I have a Tie Me To The Bedpost!
please?”
    Brady didn’t need the burning