She smelled like them.

I had no idea why I agreed to guard her. Xavier was busy but there were a lot of other guards I could have arranged to look after Angel.

You don’t trust them.

Not after what happened with the last guard. She was a temptation that they found hard to resist, especially because of her rare blood type.

She certainly was a temptation I was fighting hard to resist.

Reaching up, I pinched the bridge of my nose and blew out a breath. I was ...