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"I still don’t understand what you want fro iet her"
"Fro a covert glance toward Tonya, who had shifted as far as possible from Gaius, her ar around his neck and he didn’t have a da suard Who was in control? Gaius or the spirit?
Or was it perhaps a strange co va any species," Santiago couldn’t resist reaze "Soon you will understand"
Santiago hissed at the sudden promise of violence that brushed over him "Is that a threat?"
"I would prefer not to use threats" Gaius reached down to pick up the forgotten dagger, his nonchalance not fooling Santiago for a et the witch away fro into a lair with a higher grade security systeon, not to mention a dozen of the most powerful de from the spirit Yep Simple as pie
"Why don’t you use your" He shuddered, forced to recall the creepy sight of walking into the cellar to see himself bent over poor Tonya "Talent to shape-shift and just becoer at the doorjaile appearance he th as the blade sunk hilt deep into the wood
"Styx is already aware of my talent," he snarled "He would realize the minute I appeared without your scent that it wasaround Gaius’s neck He could feel the noose tightening with every passing second
He et his hands on this mysterious book, or why it had to be Sally the Witch to do the destroying, but he sure as hell knew it couldn’t be for anything good
Which meant he had to find a way to stop hied "That’s how you captured Tonya, isn’t it?"
The tightening of Gaius’s lips proved the vampire had already tried to penetrate Styx’s house "The lair is protected by a spell that prevents portals froly adlance toward Tonya, Santiago squared his shoulders and spread his feet in preparation for battle
"No"
Gaius frowned at the blunt refusal "My son, don’t be a fool"
"There’s nothing foolish in loyalty I will never betray aunt face was replaced by a cunning that sent a chill down Santiago’s spine
The creature was once again in control
"So easy to say when there’s no cost to that loyalty," he purred, lifting his hand as if pointing to so above them
"What do you o shifted backward, sensing a sudden flow of fury, although it see funneled away fro to fall on his head, Santiago instead heard the front door to the lair being wrenched off its hinges followed by the unmistakable blast of Nefri’s power
"What the hell?"
"Santiago!" Levet called out in warning, then there was a thud, as if he’d been tossed into the wall
He had half a second to turn toward the door before Nefri was in the roo around her exquisitely beautiful face and her eyes gloith a e
Her features had been sharpened, the alabaster skin so perfect it shimmered like the finest silk And her slender body sculpted with the grace of an Amazon
She was as nature intended
An exotic syo stood in speechless wonderaze shifted toward the female imp chained to the wall
Tonya cried out in fear as Nefri flowed forward, her fangs fully extended and her hands curled into claws
"Nefri" He washimself between Tonya and the feral vah force to send hi fronored his cracked ribs and ice that was beginning to forid force
He couldn’t stop her He’d always known in a head to head battle her strength was greater
But he could try to distract her from Tonya
After that
Hell, what did it ood he would be dead He didn’t really need a long-terht at the forefront of hishis ar her any injury He felt her quiver, the sweet scent of jasainst the violence that thruan to forers around his throat and he was lifted off his feet He grunted, refusing to reach for his weapons He wouldn’t harazed deep into her eyes, allowing her to see the love that was branded onto his very soul<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>