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men running around Pleasure Palace getting the idea that an unClaimed female was in their midst. They might get the wrong idea. Might think you’re here to service them.”
    Oh boy! He was talking as if he might bring them in here.
    “I’m not unClaimed,” she hissed.
    The instant she said those words she immediately wished she could take them back. He stopped cold. His body tense, coiled with tension. When he turned around, she noticed the paleness to his face. A lack of color that hadn’t been there moments ago.
    “How many?”
    “Five,” she bit out.
    His eyes darkened with such fierce anger she swore he just might hit her. She didn’t know how long he stared at her, but she could tell he was trying to determine whether she spoke the truth or not.
    Finally he shook his head. “You’re lying. There’s no way the general would let you come here with only one bodyguard and a note allowing you to bid on the cure. He would have sent you with at least one of your husbands, not a note.”
    “They’re all very busy men.”
    “Too busy to make sure their valuable possession won’t get snatched? No, Ash. I don’t think there are any husbands in the picture, at least not yet. I will tell you what I do think, however. I think you’re full of secrets. You were scared when you showed up and handed Cheri that note. Scared of Cheri, yet relieved to see me.”
    Ashley swallowed at the tightness strangling her throat.
    “Why were you relieved to see me, Starry Eyes? Did you think we’d be able to pick up where we left off in Iraq?” His voice lowered into a tight whisper. “Did you think I would share you with Blade again?”
    She shook her head, trying hard not to remember their ménage à trois with Blade.
    “Do you want me to share you with other men, Ashley? It would be the ultimate revenge for me to watch other men pleasure you over and over again, keeping you on the edge for hours, for days, maybe even years like I’ve been on the edge just thinking about you.”
    Oh, God! He’d been thinking about her just as she’d been thinking about him. But why was he so angry? Why was he talking about revenge?
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    “My Claimed wife didn’t think she could be shared. But once she started, she got addicted to ménages mighty fast.”
    Her heart stopped at the mention of a wife. The mere thought of him being with another woman pissed her off. Made her see red. Made her realize she could never have him again now that he’d Claimed another.
    She shouldn’t be so jealous, so surprised that he had taken a woman. Colter was a passionate man, a man with fierce sexual appetites. During the few weeks they’d been together, he’d made love to her so many times she’d lost count. He couldn’t stay long without sex.
    And from the bulge pressing against his pants, he certainly wanted some.
    “I’ve heard many women fantasize about having sex with more than one man at the same time. You’d think this Claiming Law would have women scrambling to be Claimed,” he said thoughtfully. “Perhaps I should see about why you’re walking around here as an unClaimed woman.”
    “The general—”
    “Fuck the general!” he snapped so harshly she literally jumped on the mattress.
    “The general is not here at the moment, Ash. Neither are your…imaginary husbands. No one is here to help you. It’s just you and me. The sooner you remember that, the better off the next few days will be.”
    Having said that, he yanked the cabin door open and slammed it so hard on his way out, the windows vibrated.
    Next few days? Oh please, God, no. Please tell her she’d heard wrong. 33
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    Chapter Three

    Colter couldn’t stop his hands from shaking as he lifted the tall glass of Terrorist Tequila, a strong alcoholic beverage brewed overseas and shipped to the States via the black market.
    He wished the trembling in his hands were due to the powerful drink. It wasn’t. Seeing Ashley naked and vulnerable, finally