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over her bruised face, and she slowly moved to seal her suit.
    “Too bad, I was enjoying the view.”
    “Rand!”
    “Sorry, Toyo. Well, miss, you did a wonderful job of defending yourself. Anyone who hears of this will not mess with you for fear of not hearing afterward.” Rand chuckled.
    She blushed. “It was my only way out. If you had let them go, they were going to break my neck anyway. They were disorganized and unsure, that made them very dangerous.”
    Toyo smiled. “That reminds me. I have been rude. My name is Toyo.”
    To her surprise, he extended his hand.
    She placed her hand in his and swallowed at how small she was next to him. “Beryl.”
    “What do you do for a living, Beryl?” He curled his fingers around hers carefully.
    “Um, I am an analyst at the Analysis Centre.”
    “Really? What is your speciality?”
    She could see the other two Guardians behind him, rolling their eyes at his delicate inquisition.
    “I am the criminal analyst, but I am guessing you already know that.” She slowly removed her hand from his.
    He shrugged. “It may have come to our attention that a woman with fascinating characteristics was living in the city.”
    “Our?”
    He grinned. “We all noticed you yesterday in the restaurant as you left.”
    She blinked and quickly analyzed her actions. What could have gotten their attention? “Aw, hell. I let my hair down.”
    Currently, it was tightly braided against her skull, but when she worked, she just pinned it up. She couldn’t believe she had been so stupid, but after a twelve-hour shift, her natural oils had built up again. She should have taken a shower after work, like she always did.
    “Damn, I am going to be glad when I leave this world.” She closed her eyes and pressed her hand over them.
    Toyo pulled her hand away from her eyes, and he glared at her. “You are leaving?”
    “In two and a half years. I am on contract and being on a world where everyone considers my natural scent an invitation to consume me is a little stressful.”
    Toyo frowned. “That isn’t true.”
    She laughed in his face. “I saw the look in your eyes when you smelled my blood. Your fangs even came out a little. That was pure blood-hungry predator.”
    He smiled, “I never said I wasn’t aroused; I just don’t have to act on my instincts.”
    The press of his lips against hers shocked her, but his taste shocked her even more. Her heart pounded, her sex clenched and her clit throbbed. Thank goodness her suit hid the rigidity of her nipples, because her breasts ached intensely the moment that his tongue touched hers.
    Three masculine groans surrounded them and brought her out of the sensual stupor. She used her foot to tip Toyo on his ass, and then, she made a break for it, dodging through alleys and heading for home. She would have to file a report but that she could do from her apartment. She needed to be safe, to be surrounded by things that couldn’t hurt her or break her heart.
     

Chapter Four
     
     
    Toyo sat with his senses swimming. For the first time, the Admaryn obsession with Terrans made sense. The urge to conquer and protect consumed him completely. His cock felt like it would explode and his teeth had descended to deadly lengths.
    Drovin asked, “So, what was it like?”
    Toyo looked at him and grappled for words. “Touch her and you are a dead man.”
    Rand whistled. “So it is like that, is it?”
    He stood up and looked at the direction in which Beryl had run. “You have no idea.”
    If he didn’t know where she was and where she would be, he would have pursued her immediately, but her actions showed that she was just as affected as he was. He would wait…for now.
    He shuddered as he got himself under control. The arousal had been instant and implacable. None of the others were getting near Beryl, that much he would make certain of. The other thing he was certain of was that she would be staying on W’lyn beyond her contract.
     
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