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Alexion spent the next two days getting used to Xirena being a part of hi off his body at inopportuneand his blood pressure was elevated It seemed his demon couldn&039;t tell the physical difference bethen he was in danger and when he was "in" Danger

To which Xirena often commented, "Naked human sex, ew!"

That was okay with hinant to hier&039;s future Part of hiinally to watch over her Who had it been and where had she gone?

How could he get her back?

Damn There were never voices in his head when he needed theht He would deliver his ultimatum to the Dark-Hunters and then he would channel Acheron&039;s powers

In the past, he&039;d always been ready to return hoer brought a pain to his chest the likes of which he&039;d never known before

"I can&039;t do this"

And yet what choice did he have? He couldn&039;t live in this body His time was so finite as to be ridiculous There was no choice here He couldn&039;t stay

It was over

He looked up as Danger entered the roo-sleeved black shirt, she looked good enough to eat

She crossed the rooave him set his entire body on fire "When do you leave?"

He looked away as his heart sank, unable to face her with the truth "Tonight Once judgment is rendered, I&039;ll be taken back"

He returned to her gaze to see sadness flash in her dark eyes a et a chance to say it later, I&039;lad you came here And I&039;m really sorry I stabbed you twice"

He shtened as pain overwhel to ht possible

"Danger-"

"Don&039;t," she said, placing her finger over his lips to stop hi I can see it in your eyes I&039;ll miss you too, but let&039;s not make this any harder on either one of us, okay?"

She was so strong that it never ceased to aht even be stronger than he was "Okay"

She took a deep breath as she dropped her hand to his shoulder "You knoe ht still be able to reach Kyros and save hiht," she said with a hope he&039;d long stopped feeling "Let&039;s not give up on him yet People can sometimes surprise you"

He frowned at her insistence "Why is it so iaze scorched him "Because if not for Kyros, I wouldn&039;t havethat he would have to be too, otherwise you wouldn&039;t have believed in hiive her credit, she ht mind find fault with that?

Even more, he didn&039;t want to hurt or disappoint her For her, he would do anything

"All right, I&039;ll try"

Kyros paced his dark office, which was lit only by candles, as thoughts drifted through his reat shoas coht about it, the hairs on the back of his neck rose in warning Soht and it wasn&039;t just that Ias was here

There was so he couldn&039;t see but he could feel it with every fiber of his being Tonight was going to be unlike anything he&039;d ever seen before

"You need anything before I leave?" his Squire, Rob, asked

Kyros turned to see the young man in the doorway The man was only five feet seven and dressed in a T-shirt and jeans By his appearance, the dark-haired boy didn&039;t look any older than Kyros, but at twenty-nine, he was just a baby compared to the centuries that o on"

In case things went bad, he didn&039;t want his Squire anywhere near this area At his behest, Rob was heading to Nashville to visit his family

Rob nodded "Okay, I&039;ll see you next week"

"I hope so," Kyros breathed as the boy left He was about to et hiinning

At least he hoped he had

Danger lay naked in bed, wrapped in Alexion&039;s ar on his chest while he played with her hair Ti by so fast that it left her bereft and dizzy

She wanted to screah this night and through the next day and every day that followed after it

But it wasn&039;t meant to be

I won&039;t cry I won&039;t

It wouldn&039;t be fair to hi uncontrollably She was torn to pieces How could she get through this night?

How could she say good-bye to the best thing she&039;d ever found?

How did people leave their loved ones behind?