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"I’ to do what you want," he said

Kiss this woman, and I’ll leave your Josephina alone

Tink Safe "Ma’a a path up his throat

The wo out there?"

"A whole lot of dangerous," he said "Why don’t I escort you so, she threw herself into his arms

A hand herea mouth thereso helpless

Mee to jerk away from the woman, the past, to scrub hiently detached hirip

KISS HER!

Sweat beaded on his brow Behind hi caved in

The woman trembled "It’s the end of the world," she whispered

Likean apocalypse

Urgency rushed through hi forces with fear and panic "Swear it," he said to Disaster "Swear you’ll leave Tink alone"

"Who?" the woman asked

I swear it

Before he could talk himself out of it, Kane leaned down and kissed her She stiffened, but she didn’t push hihtened

In a snap, the presence left hi, of course How foolish of you to trustwhen his knuckles broke upon i to ruin his most prized relationship--and had probably succeeded And I went along with it, all for a lie He punched the wall again

"I-is everything okay?" the wo for you," a male voice interjected from behind him

The power that wafted from that voice startled him Disaster, too The demon yelped in sudden fear and hid in a far corner of his aze of a Sent One The warrior wasn’t anyone he knew personally, but he recognized the green fauxhawk, the Asian features, the gleaold wings arching over wide,all the way to the floor

"Who are you and why are you here?" Kane liked the Sent Ones He did They’d helped his friend Amun, the keeper of Secrets, at the worst hour of his life They were training Paris’s wife to lead the Titans out of darkness and into light They hadn’t killed Aeron--not permanently, at least--when he ood ti to?" the wo as if she wasn’t there "I’m here to check on you We knew you were in hell, but heard you had escaped I was told to find you and verify that you were indeed alive and well"

"I’m alive" But far from well "Is that all?"

"O-kay," the woman said "I don’t care if you can save me from the end of the world or not I’m out of here"

Footsteps sounded but Kane never diverted his eyes from the Sent One before him

Malcolm crossed his arms over his massive chest "No, that’s not all Six de on earth, desperate to possess as many humans as possible If you’re well, you are to help us find the’s death, and knew there’d been a change of ht now Sorry Look around You’ll realize I’ve got too many problems of my own"

A pause Then, "I just came from the realm of the Fae Where you were led his fingers, shaht of a sy was huaze"Where did you get that?" The question was uttered quietly, yet lashed like a whip

Nerve-endings raw, Kane snapped, "What business is it of yours?"

Sonored the question, de out here, without your wo my life He closed his eyes for a moment, desperate to escape the harsh reality of those words "Watch me as I don’t discuss that with you"

The warrior tapped two incisors together as he looked at the ring, then Kane, then the ring, then, finally, Kane "I can guess You carry Disaster, and you’re trying to feed the beast to keep hi it stated so plainly irritated him "If you knehy’d you ask?"

"I wondered if you knew"

"Well, now that we’re clear, you can go"

Malcolm tilted his head to the side "Do you plan to kill the demon?"

"Yes"

"You’ll die, too"