e was holding. It hit th

he window, the cold night air s

looking down at the sheer, vertical stone drop t

ling rapidly. "How the hell did you climb a sheer

strength were sufficien

his dark hair. He was exasperated, hi

ow. She headed directly toward

k boots, leaving them careles

of the mattress and sat cr

lled, pointing at the doo

ession remained completely s

ucted me to sleep wi

, his face turning a dark shade of red, a

phrase actually means?" Axel dem

sing the query. "It means sharing a hori

temples. He realized, with a sinking feeling, that

" Axel asked, his tone shifting from anger to

her lap. A flicker of something that simu

taining battery," Aur

ssing his temples. The word "batter

r to the bed. "What do

ional time is severely

raced. That terrifying strength, the speed... she had to be the subject of illegal genetic enhancement or sporting a state-of-the-art internal

ined out of him. If she was dying, if Kellen was extorting

l asked, his voice

st require my power

deeply traumatized, mentally unstable,

grabbed a spare wool blan

old her, his voice exhausted. "But if you move an

on the absolute edge of the mattress, pulled