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The sound of the television in the reading rooured he’d be close enough to keep an eye on her Since he wasan attack, he could take the risk, give her the cos instead of the cell Maybe that was the other reason she was finally at rest, the weight of the chains off of her for the ti the ease her fear had denied it these past long hours
Rising, he nized the voices on the television It was the security tape from his session with Anwyn He stepped in just as he broke loose on the screen, grabbed her and slalass had been Jesus Christ He looked like some rabid animal, no better than what had attacked her And worse, he could now clearly see where the glass had sliced into her back While that had later beco all those others, he was no less culpable for it
His attention jerked to the chair Daegan’s long legs were stretched out, hands lying with deceptive ease on the chair’s araze flickered up toward Gideon "You were fortunate I wasn’t here tonight"
"She wasn’t If you had been, we probably wouldn’t all be here She handled it, though Didn’t even bat an eye, and I could have killed her in a heartbeat"
"She’s always had a warrior’s courage and a fool’s sense of when to an hit the mute button but forwarded the tape, Gideon scowled
"You just get off on seeing nored the barb, kept his attention trained on the screen "Anwyn has watched you since you first ca as it did to take over your sessions" Daegan shifted, draped one leg over the chair ar time since she’s participated directly"
"Maybe she was just feeling charitable"
Daegan snorted "Anwyn is the last wo charitable I cannot tell what it is between you, but it is there, radiating off the screen" Then his gaze snapped back to the e of a sword
He hit the play button, leaning forward Gideon followed his direction When he saw the bathing area of the Queen’s Chanaled all the cameras to be turned off
Apparently, at least one of them hadn’t been His jaw setJames While he’d likely obeyed the intention of her order, being the only one e, her head of security hadn’t been willing to take it on faith that she’d be okay
As le, as his recorded self took Anwyn to the floor, putting her beneath him, Gideon had renewed respect for Jareed with leaving her coan’s hands, suggesting Jaan hit the pause button, Gideon suppressed the desire to squir he’d like to experience again, he didn’t particularly care to revisit it with another iving Gideon a more immediate concern "She has never let athere Never trusted one to lie upon her like that Never wanted that" His lip curled "No human male, that is"
Gideon recalled the peculiar stillness of thatthey both were hadat each other, soul to soul, no ground or sky, just floating Up or down, above or under, didn’t really seeet his ire up, though "Feeling threatened, vah to freeze blood "I’ve had no ravate me Why did you come back?"
"I told you I would" Gideon pointed at Anwyn’s sleeping form, kept his voice loith effort "Just because I’ on a vampire’s leash doesn’t mean that I don’t want to help her No matter how invincible you think you are, I know it’s still going to take two of us to get her through this She should be waking soon Maybe we should try to give Barnabus’s blood to her when she’s groggy"
"Vay ake" With another of those thorough looks Gideon was beginning to detest, Daegan rose, thankfully clicking off the television As he reached the doorway, he stopped, considering Gideon
"I was perhaps wrong to push you so hard at a decision that is a lifelong commitment, so far from what you’ve known and been," the vampire observed "But it doesn’tI believe you know it as well, no matter how much it panics you She needs you I think orries you ht need her"