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Not that he tried very hard

"You do possessher off her feet as he went in search of the bedrooo

Roke didn’t think it was possible that the night, which was already in the crapper, could get any worse

Tough to top being ainst his will

But less than an hour after Sally headed to the kitchen to begin brewing her spell and Roke had gone to the gy frustration, he returned to Styx’s study to discover the Anasso throwing his cell phone across the rooenius to realize that the latest neasn’t good, but even forewarned Roke was caught with his o and Nefri had not only spent the day in the lair of a dragon (a dragon, for Christ’s sake), but Santiago discovered that Gaius ht be in the power of the ultiue so he could feed

Perfect

Just perfect

Folding his ar, i chandelier

At least the house was still standing

"Do you want oing to need all the help he can get"

The towering Aztec gave a decisive shake of his head, the turquoise ornaht "Not until we know more about this creature and its powers I don’t intend to turn my people into fodder for another crazed deity," he snarled, pausing to study Roke with an unnervingly piercing gaze "And I doubt you could leave even if you wanted to"

"Don’t be--" Roke snapped his lips together as his powers instinctively tested his bond with Sally,sure that she was still near and unharmed It was an unconscious reflex, but one that he did on a regular basis Which proved Styx was right "Shit"

Styx held his frustrated glare "For now you need to concentrate on yourself"

Infuriated by the constant reminder that he ell and truly trapped, Roke sla in blunting his awareness of her

It wouldn’t last ed pride

"I knew that witch was going to be trouble," hehis words "Of course, all women are trouble in one way or another"

Styx blinked, as if startled by his vehemence "You don’t like women? Hell, I never considered the possibility"

Roke snorted He wasn’t offended Immortality meant vaenders, different species, and a wide variety of sexual appetites

"I’m physically attracted to feive a damn one way or another, but the female will be bound to you until we can find a way to break theYou don’t need any additional"--he searched for a word to cover the hideous situation--"confusion"

"Confusion?" It was Roke’s turn to pace frohtrimaced "We’ll find a way to free you from the witch"

"And if you can’t?"

"Easy, Roke," Styxthe floor to shake beneath their feet Unlike some vampires, his oers had little effect on electrical objects, but he could cause significant structural darim effort, he leashed his powers That didn’t, however, ease his frustration, which threatened to cohtot that"

Roke clenched his fists, his gaze trained on the glass cabinet that held Styx’s priceless collection of ancient scrolls "Did you know my previous clan chief?" he asked abruptly He could sense Styx’s confusion

"Gunnar occasionally petitioned my master, but he tended to be a recluse when he visited I doubt I exchanged half a dozen words with him," Styx at last admitted "Why?"

Roke had to force the words past his stiff lips Speaking about his former clan chief was always difficult Even after all these years "When Gunnar allowed me to join his clan he was a stable leader who demanded obedience, but treated us with a justice rarely found in those days"

"You were fortunate"

"I was," Roke agreed Before the previous Anasso had taken control, vae beasts who brutalized one another as easily as they brutalized lesser de less than a miracle to find a clan that respected one another "Until Gunnar found his mate"

"Many clan chiefs are mated"