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He recalled her desperate eer, the need to have him and Gideon fill her, kiss her, wipe it all away Gideon had been surprised that a woht more like a man She needed to destroy Barnabus’s hold on her flesh, do whatever was necessary to keep it fro else, Anwyn couldn’t abide being weak and afraid

So he’d left her with a vaone to hunt her attackers He hoped that his abrupt departure had sent her an unspokento be fine, because they were going to make it so But it wasn’t the only reason he’d left her with Gideon

How could he fault her for guarding her secrets? She didn’t knohy he’d been as intrigued as she hen Gideon had first crossed their threshold Fate had brought to Anwyn’s door a va across various parts of the country forcoincidence was all it was

He thought about when he’d handed Gideon back his knife The h skin of a man with no façade at all Gideon had had admirable luck as a hunter, too admirable to be all luck But like so e to stock a 747 Though life had eaten away at hirated it with the battle-ready toughness at his core He was too stubborn or stupid to abandon the honor code that was destroying hian had known Gideon could handle being with Anwyn He’d care for her even if it tore his soul to shreds, because he was used to that feeling

Most important, Gideon hadn’t been connected to what happened to her In fact, he’d stood at her back, where Daegan should have been, when Barnabus had dared to set foot over the threshold of Atlantis When Jaan’s blood had boiled, i her surrounded by the violent filth of those three How could her trust in hied beyond repair now? Gideon had surrendered to her, given her an had done in five years

He shook off the weight of such thoughts They wouldn’t do Anwyn any good Trust issues aside, the cruelties or kindnesses of the gods had given her two s she needed now While it only added to the throbbing pain in his chest, being here, knohat she was enduring, Gideon was the one who could give to her ean’s lips twisted as he remembered the ’ in the dictionary and you’ll find my phone number

"You don’t know the effect your surrender has on her heart, vaive to her, because it wasn’t in a vah

He’d overwhel in the way she gave herself to his toward any other, but it hadn’t been enough

Not as long as she was human

Another reason that any chance they would ever have coh of thisHe’d contacted Jaone at least until the following night As much as he wanted to speak to Anwyn, she wasn’t likely in any condition to speak to hi her in distress wouldn’t help

But soon he would find his target Then he would vent his frustrationsand get back to her side