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With gliding steps, Styx left the bathrooh the shadowed bedroom to open the door just as the silver-haired vampire arrived

He stepped into the hallway but left the door open No ht be, he didn’t want any barriers between him and Darcy

"Viper, unless the house is in flames I don’t want to be interrupted," he said, with a warning frown

"I must speak with you"

"Not now"

"You knoould not be here if it was not ato an end, I"

He broke off with a hiss as Viper abruptly pushed past hi as he took a deep sniff of the air

"Bloody hell You rowled With a blur of speed, he slammed the door shut and moved to stand directly in front of Styx "Have you lost your mind?"

Styx’s smile held little humor "I suppose it’s possible"

"More than possible," Viper gritted "You don’t even knohat the hell she is"

He grimaced, well aware his words were not about to reassure his companion

"Actually, Salvatore has claihter of a pureblood"

"She’s a Were?" Expecting frank disbelief, Styx was caught off guard when Viper instead gave a slow nod of his head "Shay did say that she sh not even she was certain"

Styx frowned Shay had suspected that Darcy was a Were?

Darowl as he offered Viper a stern glare "It no longer matters what she is"

"Devil’s balls," his friend muttered "It bloody well does matter"

"This is none of your concern Viper"

"You are our Anasso It is all of our concern"

With a deliberate ease, Styx allowed his power to fill the hallway Viper was his friend, but he was in node in my place?"

The dark eyes narrowed If push careater power, but the younger vampire was far from intiant to be intimidated

Not even when he should be

"Don’t be an ass, Styx," he snapped "I wouldn’t take your position if it was handed to me on a silver platter But I can’t stand aside and watch you endanger yourself with a female who is clearly tied to the Weres What if she is a trap?"

"A trap?"

"There is nothing to say that Salvatore didn’t deliberately lure you into believing they were hunting Darcy so you would capture her yourself"

Styx hissed softly, his expression hard arning "Why would they wish me to kidnap Darcy?"

"Perhaps she is siht clai through the air "Or uard and distracting you fro their treaty A trick that has been all too successful"

Styx gritted his teeth as he forced himself to step back It had been centuries since he had struck out with e, but in this moment he couldn’t be certain that it wasn’t a possibility

"You make no sense, Viper," he said with deliberate control It was that or snapping and snarling "OneDarcy with the proper respect, and the next you are accusing her of being so about the downfall of vah about her to decide if she is friend or foe" Viper gave a frustrated shake of his head "We certainly don’t know enough for you to have h

He had never wanted to take on the burdens of being the Anasso, but he ithout question the leader of all vaize for any decision he ht make

Especially when it came to his mate

"We will speak no more of this It is done and cannot be altered" There was nothe co led with his own doiving orders, not taking theed to overcoave a stiff nod of his head

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