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you’ll find who’s willing to keep you alive without raping you.”
    Mirth died. From the look on his face, she could tell this was her only option. “I won’t surrender my autonomy.”
    He stayed silent, waiting, for endless moments. She had a feeling he could outwait a glacier. This was definitely going down as her least favorite of his traits.
    “When it comes to the case or to interaction with any other Wolves, fine. I’ll defer.”
    Another grunt. It had to be assent, because he moved on to the next point. “No robe.”
    “I don’t have anything else to protect me from the cold.”
    “I’ll find you something. I don’t want to see that thing. Ever.”
    If it would help him differentiate her from the scarlet who’d betrayed him, she could live without it. “Unless there’s an emergency.”
    “ Ever. The Woodsman could be watching. I don’t want him to know there’s a scarlet on the case. We don’t know how he’s choosing his victims, and a scarlet is a 56
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    definite threat. Keeping it off gives you the best chance for retaining all your limbs.”
    He probably enjoyed driving that point home. “Have you heard of subtlety?”
    “No. We stay together at all times. I don’t want you out of my reach.”
    She almost snarled now. “I don’t like leashes any more than you do, Detective.”
    “As long as you carry my scent, it’ll confuse the other males. It won’t fool them for long, but it’ll make them think twice.”
    Wariness filled her. This man was no good for her temper. “How exactly am I supposed to acquire your scent?”
    The smile she’d wondered about broke across his face. So much more than just an expression to establish dominance—seductive and dangerous on every level she could think of—it turned her insides to jelly.
    “That’s not going to happen.” She hoped. Sort of.
    He tilted his head, taking her measure the way one would size up a juicy steak. “I’m almost positive it will.
    Your Heat will get worse. At the least, I can provide a certain…relief.”
    Jade’s breath slipped unsteadily through her lips.
    Unbidden, the memories of that relief made her belly clench. How much more relieving would it be if he did it on purpose?
    But one thing she knew well, no one offered anything for free. “And what would I have to do for you in return?”

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    “Nothing difficult.” His voice rumbled with a growl that didn’t help her returning awareness. “Just stay close.
    Don’t test me and, if anyone asks…”
    She watched his lips, the parts she could see anyway.
    “Tell them what?”
    Sleepy eyes, brilliant and ghostly blue, caught her gaze. “Tell them you belong to me.”

    Chapter Five
    “You want I should roll down the window or something?”
    Jade turned her gaze from the fascinating sights outside the car to the too fascinating one driving.
    “You look like a puppy aching to get her face in the wind.”
    She was. Probably because she hadn’t been in a car since her parents were alive. Vehicles had changed a lot since then, and though the speed had been startling at first, she’d quickly remembered how much she enjoyed the rush of wind and the bouncing on bumpy roads. Silly memories, she knew, but she had so few of her parents. It had been nice, for just a second, to find another one.
    She pulled in a breath, her cheeks heating under his sarcasm. He seemed to find amusement in everything she didn’t know or understand. It wasn’t her fault the Order had sheltered her to the point of caging her. Even if they hadn’t, none but the scarlets or the Rouges ever left the enclave. What did he expect? Still, she half wished she had her robe while she straightened her back against the seat. There was nothing to hide her embarrassment behind. She couldn’t even flex her hands to unknot them or he’d notice.
    “You’ve never been in the city either?” Rysen kept his eyes on the road. He drove the way he seemed to do everything