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The six of them were still in their same spots in the faht upstairs, but I pasted onmy hand on his shoulder

"Pardon me, but I need to steal s on his shoulder, but he finally glanced up "Why?"

I kept h the question was curt "Because, dear, I need your help with soe"

Ice raced up ave me was the one I&039;d seen him bestow on eneht to be on the receiving end of such a glare fro so s triple

This wasn&039;t just odd behavior It was as if Bones had been replaced with a stranger

Ithe surprise that flickered over his face before he covered it with a s, I fear I&039;ll retire to my room for a bit"

Several instant protests met this statement, until Wraith held out his hands

"Please, everyone Attend to your lovely ladies I&039;ll see you later"

As if a switch had been flipped, Bones turned to me and smiled, his expression war, with the uted "Co there feel like they&039;d morphed into miles By the tiitation

"What the fuck is going on?" I demanded as soon as I shut the door So otten into you that you&039;re in such a lather?"

"What&039;s gotten intowould be tested with a scream I forced myself to cal

"Care to tell me what you and the others are up to with Wraith?" I asked in almost a normal tone

Another frown creased his features, this time with traces of confusion "What do you mean?"

More deep breaths I hadn&039;t breathed this much in months "You all seeminordinately attentive to him Like you don&039;t notice anyone else"

That also wasn&039;t subtle, but it was the best I could rab Bones and see if shaking him would snap him out of this

His frown cleared and when he spoke, his tone held teasing, affectionate notes "You&039;re not jealous aboutattention to him, are you?"

Woas karma quick to pay me back for how I&039;d dis!

"I&039;ht we agreed that Wraith needed so before ent any further with him"

"Oh, that" Bones waved a hand "Not necessary It&039;s obvious he&039;s a good bloke and I&039;m proud to call him my brother"

My stomach felt like it sank to my knees His words and my tie into his emotions revealed that this wasn&039;t an act Bones believed everything he&039;d said even though theSoed to do the iing from Spade, Annette, Mencheres, and Kira&039;s identical behavior If I didn&039;t need to discover how, so I could reverse it, I&039;d go downstairs and kill hiain, if Wraith was powerful enough to mesmerize other vaht end up as nothing more than a stain on the floor if I went after him before I knew more about the source of his abilities

I stared into Bones&039;s eyes and et the real you back I don&039;t kno yet, but I will

And then I&039;d kill Wraith, brother-in-law or not Of course, if he had enough power to brainwash va his connection to Bones would&039;ve been easy He et close to everyone For what purpose, I didn&039;t know, but whatever his motivation, I couldn&039;t let hi else, I had to cover ht, I was a little jealous of all the attention Wraith was getting," I said, hopingin e our plans for Christ party to officially welcome Wraith into the family"

He seous vampire in front of me looked exactly like the man I loved, but somehow, Wraith had buried the real Bones underneath layers I couldn&039;t penetrate