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"I’m not a servant, Gideon No va buddy" Gideon’s gaze flicked down to her thigh Since she was up on her knees now, not delectably on her back, he couldn’t see the dual puncture scar "Unlock o of your aro there" She nodded to a panel in the wall, beyond the range of his bindings
"You will have to trust o" Her brow rose Her armor was a foot thick, no evidence left of the vulnerable wo they’d both wanted "If this was some elaborate trick to kill you, I expect we could have done that earlier, or on any of your other visits here"
"Vamps like to play with their food," he said flatly
"In which case, the security outside the door will kill you, no her spots"
"Let go of me, and you alk out the saer here, which you would see if you weren’t obsessed with your hatred of an entire species because of the life of one girl" Gideon’s expression froze In that blind second he was gripped with the da desire to do her real harm, just as he had in that crazyit, she threw up her chin, dared hi
"You don’t know shit about that," he gritted out But she did, didn’t she?Warrior, killer She’d called hiht she was role-playing, rather than exposing her knowledge of who and what he was
"Why do you think you’re not dead, Gideon? One ainst the vampires, and there’s no Council decree to hunt hiether a posse, of sorts, and take you down?"
This bitch had known all about him the first time he’d walked in the door Probably because of whoever was sucking her blood on a regular basis He’d been unbelievably stupid He hated her
"Because vampires are very clannish," he retorted "If you don’t take out one of their own, they don’t give a shit They also see it as a sign of weakness when the vamp loses to someone like rettable part of their life that they have to take an annual kill They don’t hold your grief against you"
"How fucking noble of theo" He snarled it, his patience at an end "Whatever ga with me, it’s over Unlock the chains froh to pull her head up, strain tendons "Or I break your pretty neck"
"I can’t"
Gideon tightened his fingers, so her air beca"
"Neither arasp "Are you ready to cross the line and become the monster, Gideon? Or are you already there, so you don’t care?" Her eyes were hard stone, the color brilliant "You do whatever you’re going to do, but I’ame You have been treated fairly here What happened here happened as you experienced it There is no trick Everything is not about you"
When he sneered at that, her voice ree "The fact that one of my associates is a vampire is irrelevant, as it is to any patron of Atlantis This is my club My decisions, my choices"
He could do it, break her neck in less than a heartbeat She wasn’t even lifting her hands to defend herself, sirip, but her lack of fear was a defense strategy all its own She was so pissed off, it penetrated his suspicions "Let aze another longback as if he’d touched poison She rocked back on her hips, but recovered her grace quickly Rising, that mask in place, she didn’t even bother to pick up her oil-stained clothes, no attempt to shield or protect herself superficially As she turned away froaze latched onto the taped square of gauze on her back There was a bloodstain in the center where the wound had been aggravated Now he knehy she’d changed shirts He reether, her shoulder leading the way
Fuck, he hadn’t even thought about it He’d hurt her, and she’dHe gritted his teeth She was a vampire’s bitch, probably took worse from him It didn’t mean shit It shouldn’t bother him, but since he couldn’t avoid the truth that he hadn’t known about her association with vampires then, ithe would never,ever do
Reaching the panel, she flipped a switch The cahts flickered back on When she pressed another button, he heard the latches releasing the collar and re cuff The sound was loud in the silence Gideon pulled the her