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"Is that how you always knehen I was in trouble? My energy signals changed?"

"No" She blushed "I’m not sure why I always know that I think it may be tied to the way I feel about you"

"Damn!" Chris exclaimed

Marcus scowled at him "What?"

"I lost the pool"

"What pool?"

He looked unco wager over whether or not you would ever fall in love again You love Aon my love life?"

"For centuries And now I’m out a thousand freakin’ bucks"

Marcus couldn’t believe it He turned to Seth

A sly smile slid over Seth’s features

"Don’t tell me you bet, too!" Marcus deers because we inevitably end up being accused of cheating or divining the outco"

Marcus could think of no response It was bad enough that everyone gossiped about hi to continue being your Second, is she, now that you guys are together?"

"Of course she is," Marcus said He had already ) her to step down once He wouldn’t do it again

Chris threw up his hands "Daer over that, too?" Marcus snarled

"Yeah Pretty much everybody expected you to take the Roland route and scare her off"

"Darnell didn’t," Seth put in srumbled, "I think so to rub off on hi way toward relieving Marcus of his irritation

"Sorry for the interruption," Chris told her "Go ahead"

"Since I was in close contact with the vanature and can use it to lead you to hiht, he should be in his lair hatever is left of his army when I find him So you could do as you did with Bastien and his arht But A in close quarters, and he really didn’t want her anywhere near the vaave a slow nod "You can lead us to the king and his lair tomorrow afternoon, Ami We’ll take Roland and Sarah with us"

Marcus opened his er "But I don’t want this to go down like the destruction of Bastien’s lair I won’t have a handful of us fighting dozens of va around It’s too risky Instead, we’ll see if we can’t sneak in, snag the king, and blow the place" Heyou need Bombs, flamethrowers Just let "

"You know the plan I’ll let you estian to write "I’ll also have network eency response crews ready to sweep in and divert the authorities, say it was a gas main explosion or maybe a meth lab"

That last one always see in custody," Seth finished, "I’ll find out what he knows about the drug’s origins I seriously doubt he would allow Montrose to keep secrets"

Chris finished writing "That about cover it?"

Everyone nodded

Marcus rose, his eyes on Seth "When was the last tiht for a ht"

"I’ll heat you up soh for et started?"

"More than enough I’ll get it"

"I’ll help," A, Marcus took her hand and headed for the kitchen

Chapter 17

Bzzzzz

Groaning, Seth rolled over and grabbed the cell phone that vibrated on the bedside table He peeled an eyelid open, saw the time, and swore

Bzzzzz

Only an hour had passed since he had returned froan’s house and Aet some much-needed rest If he looked out the , no doubt the sun would have barely crested the horizon

Bzzzzz

Sitting up, he swung his longs legs over the side of the bed and let his senses seek Ami and Marcus

Downstairs Sound asleep Good