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“unsanctioned leave of absence.” She’d thought they’d made a mistake. How could she be gone for days and not know it?
    And then there was Neeri. Sasha shook her head, staring at the naked male still squirming and moaning in an agony of unreleased lust, a lust Neeri had inflamed with such ruthless will then walked away from with such callous disregard. Who the hell was she? It hadn’t escaped Sasha’s notice that Neeri had evaded that question more than once. She knew too much. She’d manipulated Ocen using his brother. She’d stepped into Sasha’s world and claimed it, wielding a control as impressive as it was terrifying. And they still had no idea why she was here.
    Sasha rose on shaky legs and wondered what the hell she was going to do. Ocen seemed to be going along with this madness. He’d told her Neeri was being truthful about Adin needing help but then hadn’t explained how he knew that or why he was trusting this freaky female. He’d left, and Sasha needed him back with an intensity almost as scary as Neeri’s golden, predatory eyes and razor-sharp claws.
    “Ridge,” she croaked, then cleared her throat and tried again. “Is that your name? Ridge?”
    He groaned, hips fucking the air slowly, cock bright red and glistening with liquid dribbling from the engorged head. Sasha pulled her eyes away from that bobbing member, trying to ignore her own morbid fascination and the tingling heat between her thighs. She shouldn’t be turned on by this. It was bizarre and just…wrong.
    “She called you something else, too. Rytel? Are you Rytel?”
    He lifted his head, expression dazed and eyes blurred. “Mistress. I need my Mistress…”
    “Snap out of it, Rytel. Tell me who she is.”
    “She’s… everything . She’s my world. Please,” he choked on a sob. “I need her to hurt me again.”
    “Oh, hell,” Sasha muttered, feeling her face burn.
    This upsets you, Ocen murmured in her mind.
    She yelped and whirled, clutching a hand to her chest and glowering as he stepped into the room. “Yes! Of course it upsets me.  It should upset you, too. She full-on admitted she’s kidnapped this guy. And now she’s doing things to him I’m not even sure are legal. Why are you listening to her?”
    I listen because she speaks true. For the most part. But I meant his desire upsets you. Ocen stopped at her side, brushing a lock of her hair back gently and capturing her gaze with his hypnotic, color-saturated eyes. Is lust so frightening, little sayshin?
    She blinked at him. “What? No…” His fleeting touch and warm spice were fogging her mind. What were they talking about?
    Good. His mental voice practically purred. His tongue peeked out, black, forked, and furtive, disappearing too soon. I scent your need. It almost equals my own. Will you still hold yourself from me? He brushed his knuckles under her chin, his scales a cool and mesmerizing hard silk against her suddenly hot skin.
    “Hold myself?” she parroted without really knowing what she was saying. She’d often seen him taste the air with that nimble tongue, and every time the sight made something clench and quiver deep inside her. Did he just say he could smell her?
    You have kept me at a distance, though I sensed your desire. But never so strong as now, so thick and sweet like honey. It drives me mad. Please, sayshin, please let me taste your sweetness. His tongue flicked out again, kissing her bottom lip with the barest tingling touch. Her knees turned to water and she very nearly moaned aloud.
    “Nope! We don’t have time for that either,” Neeri announced, slipping in between them with a sinuous and shocking lack of propriety. “Mmm, though the two of you do smell so ripe and ready. Maybe later.” With a stroking hand and a lithe twist, she was gone again, almost before Sasha could register what had happened. “Right now, we’ve got some crime to do.”
    Belatedly, Sasha squeaked in outrage. She’d just bee n groped by a psycho cat