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Amaros scowled, confirming that he didn’t possess the same skills that she did.“How long will you need to rest?”he asked as they climbed out of the car.

“A few hours,” she said vaguely as she looked around.“There are a couple of cars here, but I can’t sense anyone,” she added.

“We need to have a discussion about exactly what sort of talents you have,” the warrior murmured as he followed in her wake.

“When I wake up,” she agreed.

The office door was unlocked when she tried it.An unpleasant aroma of old melted cheese and overcooked meat greeted them.It was coming from a microwave that had been left open behind the counter.

“The owner must have abandoned his motel,” Amaros figured.

“He might have been raptured,” Zoe suggested and received a skeptical look.

Leaning over the counter, the knight picked up an ancient magazine and showed it to her.“Guess again,” he said in a wry tone.

She glanced at the photos of naked women and grimaced.“Grab a couple of keycards, will you?”she requested, pointing at a shelf on the wall.Each keycard was neatly lined up in slots with the number of the room overhead.

“We’ll be sleeping together,” Amaros said in his usual imperious tone.

“Excuse me?”she exclaimed, planting her hands on her hips.

“I mean we’ll be in the same room, not in the same bed,” he explained stiffly.He clearly wasn’t used to dealing with humans.

“Why do we have to be in the same room?”she grumbled when he snatched one of the keycards.

“So I can protect you,” he replied, guiding her out of the room.

His fingertips brushed the small of her back and a jolt of lust spread through her again.He hadn’t been the only one who’d been affected when he’d scanned her soul at the crater.She’d felt a strange connection to him at the time.Her instinct had been to succumb to the temptation she’d felt, even though she didn’t know what the outcome would be.

They had a lot of things to discuss, but they would have to wait for now.

Chapter Six

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AMAROS CHOSE THE ROOMZoe had parked in front of, so they could make a quick escape if they had to.Zoe ate a quick meal, took a rapid shower, then changed into jeans and a t-shirt.The warrior gave her new outfit a disapproving frown.Clearly, he liked dresses better.That was too bad, because her days of dressing up as the town prophet were over.