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I smiled back at him, and his posture relaxed somewhat I took a deep breath slowly so he wouldn’t be alarmed

Then I screamed

Glass shattered from the kitchen, and the incubus dropped to his knees and yelled, covering his ears He was too late Blood ran down the sides of his face I reached the end of my breath and sucked in air for another scream as I inched back toward the door to the apartment Some otherworlders were able to resist the effect of my screams, and I didn’t dare release my full power in an apartment complex to ensure he would be knocked out cold That kind of poas likely to injure Kinext door ould be pushed over the edge from illness to death by my scream I couldn’t risk it

As I sucked in one last breath, I reached for the doorknob behindto his ears and crouched, flinching away froot backup, I turned away to find the doorknob, keeping my breath held in case I needed to unleash another screaainst the back of my head

The world went black

Chapter Eleven

I awoke to the sound of a car engine purring, vibrating under retted the attempt, as pain shot up to my shoulder Tied up, my arms were behind my back, secured with handcuffs--my handcuffs most likely My feet were tied with soh fabric filled led to breathe throughin otta be a way out of this Stay calm

I tried to move my body, to look around the vehicle, but only succeeded in h the blackness that threatened to overwhels I rode in ray interior flashed into view froht The asshole had shovedmy back to the incubus, I still couldn’t believe he’d recovered so quickly, fast enough to get up off the floor and hitThe vase froet us both out of the building before the police arrived He was quick A banshee screaet noticed and reported pretty damn fast How had he been able to shake off my scream like that? Maybe I’d just lost my touch

Or maybe incubi were more resistant to a half-banshee’s powers than I’d like

I’d certainly resisted his seductive abilities better than I expected Whatever Kimmy had slipped into my drink seemed to make me instantly susceptible to the incubus’ powers Once under the thrall of an incubus, it was obviously very difficult to break free, which is why the incubus had felt safe letting even Ao about her day after he thralled her Perhaps the power over me was breakable because we hadn’t had sex? Or had Aidan’s influence somehow protected me fro ine cut out, and I heard the cargo door open behind ht hie If he thought I was still knocked out, maybe he would untie led to play dead, when ht

I lost the battle with rabbed ht on a shoulder As I landed my breath flew fromuffled the noise, and I silently prayed the cloth dulled it enough to go unnoticed

"Nice to see you’re going to be awake for this, chère"

Sohard I hoped it was fro me and not because he was still excited As we passed the threshold of the garage into the house, light tan ceramic tiles flashed below me My tile, my house How did he knohere I live? He’d done his hoht switches in the kitchen and hallway, before he tossedoverit painfully

"I’ll be back for you soon, chère Don’t worry I won’t ry fro a few moments later from the other side of the house--the kitchen maybe I couldn’tin with Kiet ht be able to pull a foot through the rope and freewas difficult with asp for air, but couldn’t I forced myself to slon so I didn’t have a panic attack overthe bed and htHe was back, and there was nothing I could do to protect ainst the ropes and cuffs

"Shhhh…" he whispered in les anew at his words Hold still, s, and I openedon the the bonds with so--a knife? Suddenly the pressure lifted, and I could ain I pulled theht my eye They were different Surely he hadn’t taken the tie? There was no blood on his face, and he backed away from me slowly, hands in the air to show he le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>