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"The atressive, but in the past feeeks it’s been explosive We’ve had hts lately than we’ve had in the past two years"

"Haven’t you heard the news? We’re celebrating the defeat of the Dark Lord," he tried to bluster "A new beginningblah, blah, blah"

Like a dog with a bone, Tonya refused to let it go "Does that look like celebrating?" Once again she stabbed her finger toward the seething crowd "Your frustration is contaue The club wasn’t Disneyland, but it wasn’t usually a bloodbath

At least not unless you were stupid enough to join in the cage ?"

"You have two options" Tonya offered a tight s, or fuck it Hell, do both"

He snorted "Are you offering?"

"I would if I thought it would do any good," she admitted bluntly "As it is" Her words trailed away as she gave a lift of her hand, gesturing toward a distant corner

"What?"

"I have so o wasn’t sure what he expected Maybe twin i

Orwas more certain to distract asex

Instead a female vampire stepped from the shadows

"Mierda," he hissed in shock

Not because the woiven All vaeous

But this one had an eerie fa black hair and dark eyes, which contrasted so sharply with her pale skin

Nefri

No, not Nefri, a voice whispered in the back of hisfeal aloofness that shrouded the real Nefri

Not to mention a lack of kick-ass power that would have all of the beneath the ih to ut twist into painful knots

"Will she do?" Tonya murmured

"Get rid of her," he commanded, his voice thick

Tonya frowned in confusion "What?"

"Get rid of her Now!"

Spinning on his heel, he headed toward the stairs leading out of the lower levels

He had to get out

"Santiago," Tonya called behind him "Goddammit"

The crowd parted beneath the force of his icy power,haste as he climbed the stairs and entered the lobby

Not that he noticed

He ay too busy convincing hier at Tonya’s interference

As if he needed the fey prying into his sex life She was supposed to be his assistant, not his piet one hiet a dozen

And not one of the, infuriating, impossible female who had simply abandoned him to return behind the Veil

"Trouble in paradise, o?"

It was a testament to just how distracted he was that he was nearly across the marble floor of the lobby and he hadn’t noticed the va near the door to his office

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