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"Al pain she felt was not jealousy That would be … insane Freaking nuts

It was so not jealousy

"Well no one can clai haul," she ht have been satisfaction ghosted over his beautiful face at the edge in her voice Then, the bitterhis eyes

"Ti for an immortal"

"Maybe not, but you "

"Love?" He grimaced "No I was her disciple orshipped at her feet There was no true affection If there had been Iher heart eased, only to be replaced with a deeper, ainst Tane and offer him … what? A comfort she didn’t understand and that he would no doubt reject?

She cleared her throat "You rowing instability"

It took a ave herself aa mile away "She was …"

"An addict"

She frowned at the regret that burned in the honey eyes "That’s not your fault"

"Not her addiction, but I was certainly her enabler"

"She was a powerful vampire, Tane, not a second rate celebrity on Dr Drew I doubt any intervention in the world could have helped"

With a muttered curse he paced across the room, his movements jerky

"There’s only one intervention when a vaue and it sure the hell doesn’t include any touchy-feely shit" His voice was rough with ancient pain "But I eak I cleaned up her ‘accidents’ and pretended I didn’t notice her erratic s I didn’t want to ad into bloodlust"

Laylah bit her bottom lip She didn’t need to be a

"What happened?"

His head bent doard, his body held so rigidly it looked like it ht shatter "Exactly what you would expect" "How e of a crazed va her stomach roll

"She wiped out our entire clan and several hued to corner her in theto stand directly behind him She didn’t want to push, but it was obvious that his habit of keeping his memories buried hadn’t helped him heal Maybe if he shared the horror he could lance the festering pain

"Why didn’t she kill you with the rest of the clan?"

His sharp laugh bounced off the walls "In her delorious path of destruction"

Gods Tane not only witnessed the woorycolor

That would scar anyone

"And it never occurred to her that you e?"

"Why should she?" He slowly turned, revealing his stark expression "I had been her loyal sycophant for countless years"

She reached up and framed his face in her hands His skin was cool and deliciously smooth Perfect

But his eyes were filled with a pain that uilt of those she killed?"

"Not killed" He grasped her foreare to shove her away or haul her against his chest "They were slaughtered, Laylah Ruthlessly, savagely slaughtered"

She welco into her flesh He’d been s It was a wonder he hadn’t exploded

"You’re not to blame"

"That’s my call to make"

Laylah sed her words of protest He’d decided it was his fault, and for now there was no arguing with him Typical male

"Did Styx know your history when he asked you to become a Charon?" she instead de with suspicion at her abrupt change of subject

"Yes"

"Bastard"

He tugged her close, his gaze instinctively flashing toward the closed door

"Take care, racious host so far, but make no mistake he is a very bad eneainst the broad strength of his chest, feeling the usual flare of excite with far erous sensations