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"We have a proble in his leather chair in front of the fire in his study, Stryker looked up froh General and second-in-co in front of him He didn&039;t like for his soldiers to hter and if she didn&039;t look so , he&039;d kill her for the intrusion
Irritated at her, he turned the page slowly before he responded to her emotional outburst "I don&039;t have a problem, Medea Care to tell me yours?"
With an annoyed expression that twisted her beautiful features into a fierce scowl, Medea glared furiously at him--another trait she shared with her fiery mother "The demon who escaped your party that Phrix blasted with your latest toy? He went from here to Sanctuary where he exploded all over one of the bears"
He had to keep one corner of hisup in a the bear doused with de "And that concerns me how?"
"The Dark-Hunters now not only know for a fact, but believe alk in daylight The proverbial cat has escaped his bag and taken a dump all over your carefully laid plansFather"
Oh, now that was truly upsetting and it made him want to rip out soh to curb that impulse
For the ainst their enemies It was one they really couldn&039;t afford "And you know this how?"
"I have a spy in the club who heard the bears and wolves talking about it Congratulations, Father We&039;re officially screwed"
He ignored her sarcasm "You have a spy in Sanctuary?" He was impressed by her drive and resourcefulness That was one of many reasons he&039;d replaced Davyn with her Davyn had yet to say a word about being replaced Of course he had no choice except to live with it
If not, Stryker would kill hih to be honest, Davyn had seemed rather relieved to be removed from command But that was neither here nor there
Medea crossed her arms over her chest "I have a lot of friends in low places" She gave him a look that was definitely inherited from her mother&039;s mostly acerbic personality "Fah it was an obvious dig Another reason he&039;d proet the impression she was about to wet herself every tiirl Did this spy tell you anything else pertinent?"
"Acheron&039;s wife is three er overtook him One cause was jealousy, pure and simple It wasn&039;t fair that Acheron could breed while that ability had been taken fro none of them had done or even participated in As Apollites, they could have children--for a brief period during their seriously truncated lives But the e twenty-seven, when they crossed over to being Dai many reasons, he wanted to hold Apollo&039;s heart in his fist and feast on it
The second cause of his anger was that he couldn&039;t touch Acheron&039;s wife no ht want to Gods how alliances sucked
Acheron&039;s oddess Apollymi, was their benefactor and Stryker&039;s adoptive mother But for Apollymi, he&039;d have a way to cripple the Dark-Hunters forever Take out their weakened queen--Acheron&039;s wife--and their king would follow Pregnant woet and Acheron loved her to such an extent that he&039;d never get over losing her It was such a twofer that it was hard to resist
But Stryker had enough self-preservation to let it go Killing Soteria would anger the goddess he served and no one with a brain angered Apollyoddess of destruction, she wielded a nasty tendency to disembowel anyone who irked her
Even Stryker
Danant, Acheron would be distracted and wouldn&039;t venture far from home He&039;d be too worried about his ene after his wife to hariven what had happened to Acheron&039;s sister and nephehen he&039;d left theuilt over their deaths--The Atlantean would be semi-neutralized by that fear
Stryker could ith that
"What&039;s that grin , dearest Soet, and pray to the gods the answer isn&039;t you"
Stryker smiled wider as Zephyra joined them She ithout a doubt the ht or scent of her made him so hard that it was all he could do not to strip her naked and take her nobreeze, graceful and slow Seductive And just as quick to turn vicious without warning Her long blond hair ers itch to touch it She stopped beside Medea to give her a hug and the sight of theirls They looked hter and they were the only thing in the universe thatto him
Except for his son