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There’d been a slight twitch, a valiant effort to close them, to hold on to her His eyes held hers to the very end She’d seen the life die out of theh his hand didn’t slacken for some moments afterward She held on to hi on to her fro sure she could step through death’s door right after hiet away from this terrible pain When Victor had yanked her away like a rag doll, she’d cried out in anguish, even e, breaking ribs He’d forced her to stay in this world, with all this anger and hate, pain and suffering
She knew this was the height of stupidity, that she should be cowering, running for that Jeep, but when she looked toward the girls, she couldn’t She met Malachi’s eyes directly for the foolish second tio back to the house I can help you--"
She had asp as Mal moved Or she assuli eyes, a yank on her arm, and then, before she could doon the roadside nearly out of sight of the landing strip, a hundred yards away froiddy aunt She blinked; her knees turned to water She was gripping his forear expression helped her with that As soon as she thought she couldher hand against her flopping stooing to say Out of hearing of the fledglings"
She’d been ready to be chastised, to have to stick a word in here or there wherever she couldback on that plane Put on the spot, she led with e out as forehten them They’ve been afraid and alone, toothey’ve known from male vampires is brutality If I’m there, it helps It helps calm them--"
"That’s plenty" He silenced her with a raised hand and a look "Elisa, Danny gave irl So prove it by listening to me"
"I can’t stand for them to be afraid I won’t bear it Do you understand? I won’t"
She couldn’t stop the words froht over his She’d never acted like this toward an eue with vampires, unless they had little value for their own skins Even Lady Danny could get that cold look in her eye, her line in the sand Dev pushed over it et aith it--and then only within lih sense left to keep her gaze on his T-shirt where it stretched across his chest, because vaaze head-on, and she’d already done that one too ht now, she expected she’d find his expressionShe noted an ied pattern of that biceps tattoo, perhaps some kind of cat etched out by the ink, before it disappeared up his short sleeve "Please," she whispered
A sigh When his hands descended, she flinched, but he was only settling his palms on her shoulders She stilled beneath that touch, particularly when one finger touched her cheek, a ht her eyes back to his face
"Have you ever ridden a bicycle, girl?"
"No I’ve ridden a horse" Willis taughthis name aloud would do to her
"Were you afraid, the first time?"
"Yes" But only for a little while Willis had been there, after all Right behind her, guiding her hands on the reins
"You got over it when you learned the way of it, right? It’s learning the difference between fearing things you should fear, and being afraid of the ghosts that plague you" Seeing he had her full attention now, he nodded "You have to step out of the way and let that happen for the to her, not at her, a coo However, he still looked stern and a bit annoyed "They know you can’t stop itation tells them there’s a reason to be afraid That’s why I don’t want you there right now You’re no good to theet settled in the guest quarters, what does that say to theence Danny had praised knew it But her heart resisted it Without theht carry her away Given hoas looking at her so intently, she wasn’t so sure he didn’t know that Those eyes made her feel too vulnerable, as if he’d peeled back a scab to stare at the wound it hid
A Jeep engine startled her, causing her to lurch into hiain She i, especially since it deepened the bug-under-a-microscope look As the vehicle rolled up next to the it Thoer side as the ot out to help her into the vehicle
They’d left her no choice Suddenly she was tired So tired But she needed to tell hiirls would do if