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"Bitch," Jarvis snapped, and pain exploded from my cheek

I spit out adown I’d gotten a reaction, if a bitfor

Keep the it Probably in love--or lust--with Nicolas" I shrugged, and pain ran up from the shoulder Min had wrenched "But who could blauy like that, when she goes home to an imp?"

I was ready for the strike this tiround, wrists screa as I broke my fall with round I tasted it on e frorowl filled the room, and I braced for another hit, but it didn’t come

"This is why I don’t do field work," I said, ely thick I blinked back the waves of darkness threatening to overcoer watchingshuddered and shook and groaned Soh of a spike in Mason’s aura tofully on the scene nearly i over y flooded the roo I pushed up froainst the silver flood of power that only I could see even though I kneasn’t seeing it withbut fresh air and wide open spaces And the energy shone even more So radiant and sharp I al to hiony and fury and triuainst his bindings, and wavesin an earthquake

Like an aniers stretched and clawed at the chair, but he didn’t seeet free that way It wasto hi with hi him so much, but I dropped the idea as soon as it surfaced I kneas happening, I just couldn’t believe it

He was shifting

The years Mason had avoided his change--bottled it--should have prevented this Should have ed in years could no longer change alone Could no longer change without the full e under a halfthe day, no less--while hurt and nearly unconscious

But there was no denying as happening in front of my eyes

Mason’s skin stretched and his bones popped and cracked,into new positions Skin broke, and I cried out when blood poured from the wounds that appeared Wounds that only healed when fur pushed out fro at the iht Min started toward Mason, and I realized that I had to do soe, he would have no chance He’d be unable to defend hiun Finally, I spotted it Mason growled, loud and long Min stood over hi but Mason Over the filthy floor, I lunged for the gun My fingers closed over the cold, reassuring steel

I didn’t hesitate

My aireat, and I had norood hits to the vampire’s shoulder One second, blood splashed froe coated her face and her pretty features were transforun up, but ran into solid vaain, but the agony shooting froht have been h tofrom my neck didn’t fade Min flew across the roo

And I looked into the eyes of the beast

Mason as a man was hard and handsome, but the word beautiful would never have occurred to ed lycanthrope, there was no other word that fit But it was a terrible beauty Tawny hair covered his body, and his eyes--still the dark gray I’d come to rely on so much in the last few days--flashed with animalistic fury Muscles flexed and moved under his fur--muscles that were different fro for his still-bipedal body, and the claws at the end of them looked as sharp as razor blades I should have been afraid Lycans who turned after so long as humans had a harder ties But I saw him in those eyes And I could never be afraid of Mason

Mason jerked, and I pushedon by a knife he’d plunged between the lycan’s shoulder blades I, but they were fast as hell, and sneaky Jarvis flung himself froet out of here" I choked out the words, hoping Mason could understand between my swollen mouth and his lycan form Mason turned to look at me, his eyes widened and then narrowed into an even rowl escaped hiain Knife in hand, an evil glee danced through the ied Jarvis into a psychopath I bet he’d been that way for a very long time

Suddenly Min was there too, lips drawn back to reveal bloody fangs and swinging a large piece of noredthat I wasn’t the real threat in the rooet a safe shot in Finally Mason spun around quickly and Jarvis pulled back, knife back in the imp’s hand from between Mason’s ribs Jarvis was quick as hell, but he’d tuned ain Blood ran down the knife and Jarvis bared his teeth Mason cried out in pain

I fired