e for the rest of the day. A string of emergency admissions kept

dors were dead silent, lit only by the di

rring slightly from sheer physical exhaustion. She hadn't eaten a single th

tor bay and pressed the down butt

ding open. She stepped inside, leaning heavily aga

slide together, a broad, suited ar

ors re

tepped into t

lie straightened up, her shoulder blade

ry. She assumed he would have left hours ago a

His deep voice filled the quiet enclosure, his

began its s

olent wave of dizziness. Ellie's vision swam wit

arm wrapped firmly around her waist, pull

s her temple, warm and steady against her freezing skin. Th

reaming at her to push away. She was a married woman, and h

Let go of

tightened, locking her firmly against his f

to her wide, exha

s tone dropping to a dangerous, quiet warning. "You did

powerful thud of his heart against her palms, and the un

s and overwhelmed, she bit

d, his rough thumb pressing gently but firmly against he

it," he or

urther, but the intense, burning heat radiating from his touch sent a jo

i

basement level. The doo

with all her remaining strength, broke free from his hold, and

wered his right hand, his thumb lightly rubbing the pad o

d the keys from her pocket, a figure stepped out from behind a con