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. He s always about business, Myan teased, obviously trying to get his brother s goat. No, I m about feeding Hanna, Kaz retorted, bringing her one of the coffees.Henarrowed his eyes on his brother. Forget I brought you anything. Hanna laughed.Their feelings were open to her, and this was simply playful lion cubswrestling in the proverbial dirt.They loved to badger each other.She climbed off the bed. What kind of doughnuts? she asked. I bought several kinds. He flicked open the box, for her perusal.Pure heaven.I shouldn t& With the calories you ve burned in the last twenty-four hours you should take at leasttwo, Myan commented, answering her thought. Don t mind if I& she trailed off, blinking at him.She hadn t even minded that he dbeen in her head.Sure, they were going to have to set some boundaries, but she wasn t pissedoff.She shook her head. Don t mind if I do, she said and chose a chocolate-covered doughnutfilled with custard.The first bite truly was heaven.Fried goodness and custard burst across her taste buds.Italso broke through the bottom of the pastry to dribble down her chin and onto the slope of her breast.Kaz was there before she could move.He licked away the filling on her chest, workinghis way down and sucking on the nipple.Taut awareness pulled through her.She wanted themagain.And it was purely because she wanted them.She liked that.Myan moved in and lapped away the custard from her chin before slowly kissing her.Suddenly, as if nothing had happened, both men moved away and sat in the chairs on either sideof the table.Kaz pulled her onto his lap. You re safer here, he said. I m dressed. I don t think safe is a word I d use, she laughed as his hand moved up her body.Sheleaned into his touch, not at all bothered. So what s on the agenda today? she asked, setting down her doughnut on the edge ofthe box and licking chocolate from her fingers.Both men stilled.She thought at first it was the way she sucked the stickiness from herfingers, but the tension on their faces spoke otherwise. What? she asked.Kaz took a deep breath. Today, we go home. Okay& Well, when are we leaving? I ll be ready. She didn t understand what theywere so upset about.Surely by now, they knew she planned to stay with them.He kissed her shoulder then stood with her in his arms and set her in the place where he dbeen sitting.His long strides ate the length of the floor as he strode to the window on the otherside of the door and looked outside. No, Myan said.His voice was strangely quiet and tense. We re going.Kaz and me.We have to be back to the tour tomorrow.We re not making you go with us.You re free to goback to your life. Wait& They were rejecting her? They d marked her, they d claimed her, and now theywere setting her free in the wilds of the normal human world.What the hell was the point of allthis?She tried to read their minds and see what they were thinking, but their heads were closedto her.Staring, she watched Myan dress. Now? she demanded. You re leaving right now? It seems best.I ll have someone bring a car for you, Kaz said. They ll take you to theairport and buy you a ticket to wherever you like. I don t care about that, she almost shrieked. I have my own damn money, and I canfind my own damn way.You chased me more than halfway across the country. Pain filtered through Myan s face. We had to be sure you were okay.The heat& And what if it happens again? What then? I terrify all my neighbors then land in jail fornoise nuisance? Myan shook his head. No, he whispered.He reached in his pocket and withdrew abusiness card.Kissing her forehead, he pressed it into her hand. It should never happen again ifyou re not with us, and certainly not again until next September.If it does, he took a breath, call the number on the card and we ll come to you immediately. Turning on his heel, he walked out of the room and let the door slam behind him.Openmouthed, she stared at the chipped white wood.This couldn t be happening.She felt as ifhalf her heart had just been ripped from her chest. He s not saying goodbye? We re not exactly good with this. Kaz moved from the window. No matter what youchoose, we ll always come to you when you need us. He didn t touch her.He didn t offer so much as a half smile of reassurance.He just walked through the door and left her alone with the deafening silence.They weren t good at what? Breaking people s hearts? No, she whispered, her voice as stolen by terror as the night they d marked her andshe d thought it was a nightmare.She fell to her knees.Hanna didn t know how she d ended up curled on the floor or how long she d been therein a ball, but she couldn t seem to move.Everything was drained from her except the emptinessthat echoed in her ears.Was this revenge? Was this comeuppance for what she d done to themand how she d made them feel when she d run away.Kaz had said it was humiliating.Was thispunishment?This hollowness was far worse than any punishment could be, even the clawing need thathad once assailed her.They d left her.They& left& her.Tears rolled down her cheeks as painful sobs racked her body, ripping apart her lungswith each breath.What was she supposed to do now? Go on as if nothing had happened? They dchanged her entire world.They d shown her things she wouldn t have believed.They d made herfeel more than she d ever felt.They d connected with her. Every ache, bruise and strain screamed at her as she slowly pushed herself upright andlifted her hand to wipe her eyes.The business card was still curled in her hand.Angrily, shetossed it aside.They thought they d seen stubborn? They hadn t seen anything yet.She just needed aplan.This was not the end.Kaz promised to be there if she needed them? Well, damn it, she did.She needed them a lot.Determined fury driving her, she wrenched a sundress from the closet and pulled it overher head.She didn t bother with her hair.If it looked wild, she fit right in with them.They mightplay it cool, but they were as wild as men came
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