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He was gasping as if he’d been racing against time itself. The sleek muscles of his chest were glistening, and his long hair hung dripping over his shoulders. At the back of her mind, past the fear and desperation that jerked every nerve ending she possessed, Alexandra realized that he had probably flown through a thunderstorm.

His glare went straight to her, then to the scattered items of the chest on the floor. “How did you get in here?” he growled.

She’d been right! Marius was harboring the creature. Slowly she stood, the sound of her heart drumming in her ears.

He extended a hand. “I will not harm you. Please, you must come with me.”

Alexandra’s attention drifted to the blood-stained bandage on his arm. And the leather tie that held it in place.

“Marius?” she whispered.