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"That i else points to clockwork precision"

Clay frowned "Could be the structure’s breaking down"

"Or," Taested, "they’ve beco the specific children they want instead of waiting for a safe target"

"Maybe," Nate agreed, eyes intent "Bottole out children who ifted"

"Not all of them are," she pointed out

Clay stroked his hand up and down her ar one "Maybe not, but there are enough that we need to knohy"

"I’anization Dev knowsbeeped "What’s - Oh, crap" She dug through her pants pocket to retrieve a si have this nu it open, she held it to her ear "It’s Talin"

So close, Clay had no trouble catching the response His entire body went on alert A second later, Talin’s hand reached out to clutch at his "Tonight?" She looked at hie with shock

He nodded

"Yes, okay What tiht I’ll talk to you then" She closed the phone "Whoa, that eird"

Clay tangled his fingers more firmly with hers as his cat batted the tone of what he’d heard in the air, considered the taste of it

"I didn’t catch the name," Tamsyn said "Who was that?"

Talin stared "You heard everything from the other side of the table?"

"Sorry" The healer winced "Bad manners, but in uess I need to invest in an earpiece" Her tone was intrigued rather than offended

Clay wondered if she realized she was already thinking in the long terht in him unfurled a fraction

"The name," Nate prodded, when she remained silent

"Clay" She looked to him, mischief in her eyes His Tally had bounced back as she always did But he still intended to pet her afterward Being able to get past the pain of losing those under her care didn’t"You want to do the honors?"

He scowled at her for the way she was teasing the others She grinned, unrepentant "It was Devraj Santos," he said, his cat delighting in the small bit of fun It would’ve surprised his pack in the kind of play that was second nature to the impossible He hadn’t kno much he missed that aspect of their old relationship until this instant

"Weird doesn’t describe it," Nate muttered "We talk about hihed "No, he’s very ot such a temper, he can’t keep a secretary" She rubbed the pad of her thu Clay’s where their hands lay intertwined "The ’s for nine at a restaurant about an hour from here"

Need a raw ache in his throat, Clay looked at Nate "If we push the pack ht"

"I’ll make the calls" Nate stood "Tammy, how about a hand?" His tone held an intimacy that was so deep and true, it needed no words to communicate itself

Talin sed the luone upstairs before turning "Clay, you heard Dev say I should co their handclasp so he could stroke his thu her palm

Her cheeks colored "Then, can I borrow your truck?"

"No" Soft, she was so soft

Lines fored at her hand

He refused to let go "Dev knows very well I’ to be with you"

"And you know this because you’re a foreseer, too?" She sht off her lips So he did She gave a startled little whimper and then a curious stillness stole over her He didn’t push, didn’t force, but neither did he back off She could’ve done so by le move to the side but she didn’t So he kissed her, nibbled at that deliciously teue over the s," she whispered into hisover his shoulder

He squeezed the one he held "Don’t you like it?"

"That’s never really been a consideration withfar too practical for a woman with kiss-wet lips "To like, I’d have to be involved"