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e-mail from Dark Angel.
    Clicking on it, she couldn’t wait to see what the girl had to say.

    Dear Psycho Susan,
    You need help. Really. This isn’t a game here, but let’s say for argument’s sake that by some long stretch of the imagination you’re not lying and that you did find him. If I were you, I’d be on my knees, praying. ‘Cause when he wakes up, he’ll rip your heart out and laugh about it, then drink your blood and dump your body in the nearest ditch. Shapeshifters don’t have a sense of humor and they can’t stand to be trapped anywhere. Therefore, I’m not worried about getting him back from you. He’ll come home when he’s ready to.
    DA

    Susan stared at the words as a feeling of anger filled her. What kind of crap was that?
    They were screwing with her. They had to be.
    And to think there for a minute she’d almost bought into it.
    What about the lightning?
    Special effects. Really, what were the odds? Out of all of Seattle,
she
would be the one to find the missing cat that Leo had told her to investigate…
    Yeah, right. Leo and Angie were always saying that she needed to loosen up. What better way than to pay some cute guy to come play a prank on her?
    “That’s it, Puss,” she said, aggravated at all of them. “It’s time to get you out of here.”
    Shutting the lid for her laptop, she headed for the unconscious man. She was no more than a foot from him when one long, muscular arm shot out and swept her feet out from under her.
    Two heartbeats later, she was pinned to the floor and staring up into the blackest eyes she’d ever seen.

CHAPTER FOUR
      
    Ravyn paused as he stared into pale blue eyes that seared him. Not to mention the fact that his body was being cushioned by the softest curves he’d ever felt, curves that would only feel better if she were naked underneath him.
    The scent of woman mixed with sweet perfume filled his head and it was enough to silence the beast inside him as he wondered how she’d gotten into his house while he slept.
    It took a full ten seconds before he remembered that he wasn’t in his own home. Another five before he remembered everything that’d happened since last night. The woman, Susan, had taken him out of the animal shelter and brought him to her house. As soon as she’d taken the collar off, his suppressed magick had run riot.
    Now he was—
    About to be creamed by the lamp she was lifting up to beat him with. Rolling away from her, he came to a crouch at the same time Susan lunged at him with her lamp.
    “Hey, hey, hey!” he snapped, deflecting it with his arm. “What are you doing?”
    She forced him back with the tip of the lamp. “Keep your hands to yourself, buddy.”
    Ravyn struggled to disentangle his feet from a pink Power Puff Girl blanket while he dodged her pokes. “Put the damn lamp down.”
    She refused.
    Too aggravated to argue, Ravyn tried to disintegrate it with his mind. Unfortunately, all that happened was a sharp pain to his head. Cursing, he put the heel of his hand against his forehead to combat the ache. He realized that he’d worn the collar so long, it had all but drained him of his powers. He was completely lacking all magick until he had time to recharge. Damn.
    So instead, he jerked the lamp from her hands and made as if to hit her with it—not that he ever would, but dammit he was pissed, and the stupid blanket that seemed to be melded to his legs wasn’t helping any. Irritated, he set the lamp down behind him as he finally succeeded in stepping out of the mess at his feet.
    The woman seemed every bit as aggravated with him as she tried to reclaim her property. “You know, that wasn’t cheap. I want my lamp back.”
    He kept her from reaching around him to grab the lamp. Finally, he forced her back, toward the brown leather sofa. “Yeah, and people in hell want ice water. Doesn’t mean they’re going to get it, especially when someone can’t keep herself from poking me with it.”
    He glanced around