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Every eye darted to himent

A hard hand on his shoulder drew his attention to the male behind him "You ready?"

Surprised, he said, "Williaet after everything I’ve done for you? Thanks a lot, dude"

Kane drew back a fist and let it fly, nailing the warrior in the nose Blood instantly spurted "No, that’s the thanks you get"

Willia out to play "Better"

"Next time you try and trick me, I won’t stop with one punch"

"I’m sure"

And now that that was settled "Last I saw you, you were headed into a fight with the hter, that’s what Those fe to the time" He blew the ladies a kiss and started toward the library He only looked back at Gilly once

Kane followed hilance at Tink She smiled at him, so sweet and pretty, and he s," he said to William He wasn’t sure whether to feel elated his eneeance would never be his

He’d go with ticked

"So, where’d you get ?" he asked, just to taunt the warrior

Those electric blues narrowed to tiny slits "You "

A pause A stiff shrug "Fine Keep it I stole it fro atyou into a false sense of calht bulb shorted out, a spray of fla Kane as if he wore a bull’s eye He remained silent as he entered the room William shut and locked the door, just in case the woaze over the hout the room Lucien, Sabin, Strider, Amun, Paris, Gideon, Aeron, Reyes, Maddox and Torin, who stood in the far corner Weeks had passed since they’d all been together like this

Together, they were a force to be reckoned with

"So your girl’s in trouble, huh?" Strider said "William told us about her father’s plans"

"What can we do to help?" Sabin asked

Help, he’d said He wasn’t trying to take over, and didn’t plan to leave Kane behind He understood Kane’s need to participate in his woman’s liberation Soht bulb shorted out

"First, I have to be straight with you," he said "I need you out of the fortress, no questions asked, in a little less than threeon?"

Yeah No questions asked, he thought with a roll of his eyes Whatever "To find Tink, I ets the fortress"

"Who?" Sabin deru But the warriors would have done the sa for their women, and they knew it There was no debate in the end--they would leave

Next, Kane outlined his plan for the Fae king, and all of his friends nodded encouragingly It was dangerous, and it required a huge sacrifice from every person in the fortress, but it was the fastest way to prove Tink’s worth to her father--and all of the Fae

Then, and only then, would Tiberius understand Kane would never let her go Hunting her would do no good She would never again be a blood slave

When he finished, Sabin stroked his chin and pondered "Will it hurt?" the warrior asked

"No," Kane replied

"Cause any lasting dae?" Reyes demanded

"No"

"You’re sure?" Lucien asked

"I a "Now, you just have to get Kaia’s"

Kane nodded He’d expected that "I will" He wouldn’t fail

William placed his hand over his heart "This plan is so devious, it’s alht of it I’m quite impressed"

Kane flipped him off, just because And even as the wall beside hi to collapse on hihter than he had in weeks He feltfree Free of the past and the pain, theto him She had soothed the beast inside, perhaps Or maybe she had cauterized what remained of his wounds