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She kneas an angel All the Sentinels had the saave off heat The Sentinels orks of art, really It was rather intis
Since the redhead declined to say anything further, Lindsay headed straight for the bedroo looked the way she had left it--the bed was ed on the bathroom counter When she’d last walked out of the room, alht The loss of what she htened her throat and ht, the plans she’d made to live in this sumptuous space, with its balcony that led to a deck where she could watch angels take flight with the sunrise, and its owner, as the nificent creature on earth, seemed preposterous But she had held the dream for a moment, and she missed it terribly
Lindsay looked at the bed as sheAdrian there Her iard had been especially vivid, yet nowhere near as raw and searing as the real deal had turned out to be
"I’ve got to get out of here," she hting the aching longing to eel, his life, and the possible friends--like Elijah--ould understand what drove her
Packing in record tirabbed the handle of her suitcase and wheeled it out of the house She had to pass a large nuet a look at her She now understood why they eyed her the way they did She was the interloping hu with their leader’s head Despite their palpable animosity, she paused on the threshold of the open front door and faced theuys," she said She wanted to ask theht to do so He belonged to them, not her
The front door shut behind her with a soft click of finality She didn’t cry; she refused She would not feel sorry for herself for doing the right thing for Adrian For the world, actually, which was dependent on hi open her trunk, she collapsed the telescoping handle of her suitcase and lifted the carry-on fro in a funnel that enco eh trouble," she shot back
Don’t go, Lindsay LindsayLindsayThe wind ceased abruptly, leaving a vacuum in which her name cracked like a whip
"Lindsay"
Her head turned Adrian stood beside the open rear door of the Maybach, which sat idling at the start of the circular part of the driveway The as all over hirown at least a half inch since she’d last seen hi-sleeved henley and dark blue tailored slacks His face was serenely co turaze dropped to the suitcase in her hands and an icy surge of desolation washed over her,her shiver She’d never felt such hopeless despair, such heartrending guilt and pain His and hers
Tears stung her eyes She could scarcely catch her breath
God Of all the things she had to give up, why did it have to be hiive up food Chocolate Water Air If it meant she could have him without restriction for any a toward her and breaking into a dead run
The carry-on fell froravel drive "Adrian"
She’d barely taken a few steps when he snatched her up, tackling the breath fros burst free in an eruption of cried into the air
CHAPTER 17
Elijah entered the lycan barracks and was hted by the expectation of imminent death The rows of neatly made bunk beds stretched on endlessly, the far side of the rooth
He followed the sound of a beeping heart uide Micah had one of the private rooms at the end, those that were set aside for the mated pairs The door was open and a handful of lycans, including Esther and Jonas, forauntlet to the threshold
They watched hi eyes He looked away fro their belief that he was some kind of messiah Just because he held absolute control over his beast didn’t mean he exerted a similar level of control over other lycans’ fates and circumstances, but that’s what sothe room, he found Micah in bed, stuck with multiple intravenous lines and tended to by Rachel She stood when Elijah approached andas pale and thin as her htness in his throat, Elijah asked, "How is he?"
She ran a shaking hand through her dark hair and jerked her chin in a silent gesture for hireat roo, El It’s a miracle he’s even alive now"
He scrubbed at his eyes with his fists, trying to rub out the sting of grief
"He’s been waiting for you," she went on "Honestly, I think that’s all he’s been waiting for"
Elijah looked at her helplessly
She swiped tears fro past her in a desperate rush, he reentered the room and took the seat she’d vacated He scooched it closer to the bed, then reached out and gripped his friend’s cold hand
Micah’s eyes slitted open Turning his head, he aze "Hey," he whispered "You made it"
"That’s my line"
A slow smile briefly transforone "Had to tell youVash--"
"Vash did this to you?"
"She’s lookingfor you"
"Me? Why?"
"A va Your blood was there"
"I’ve never been to Shreveport"
A violent shiver racked Micah’s emaciated fra Get soreen eyes were cloudy with pain and weariness "No ti, Alpha This is it"
"No"
"Watch your back BloodIt’s yours"
Elijah looked at Rachel hovering in the doorway She nodded grimly His blood At an abduction scene in a town he’d never visited
A high-pitched wheeze froht," Elijah said gruffly "Don’t worry about htened on Elijah’s with surprising force, his claws extending enough to break the skin of his own palm and Elijah’s Blood, hot and slippery, pooled between their joined grips "Listen You’re the one Hear me? It’s you Get Rachel outGet them all out"