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"Never suggested they did" He quirked an eyebrow "And that wasn’t actually a question I asked"

Perhaps not out loud, but it was nevertheless ih, technically, given my somewhat unreliable clairvoyant abilities, I was – to predict his next question

"It does, however, force aze away, didn’t react, even ifso badly it felt like I was about to throw up "What do you think?"

"I think it’s possible, and I’d like to knohy"

I considered ht e that I still needed his help Probably more so now than ever before thanks to the fact that I’d pushed Azriel away

And yet, it was no ht to draw Jak deeper into this whole mess than it was to involve Ilianna or Tao

"It’s possible," I said eventually, "that Lucian died the way he did simply because that’s the exact same way he killed my mother"

Jak blinked "Lucian killed yourhim, then?"

"Why do you think, asshole?" I spun around and stalked toward the elevator

He took several quick steps and grabbed ot to admit, it’s an obvious question"

I drew in a deep breath, though it did little to caler that was aimed just as onized over the fact I was having sex with my mom’s murderer? It makes me want to puke every time I think about it" I pulled my arm from his and continued on to the elevator "And the worst of it is, that wasn’t the end of his cri"

Jak fell in step beside " I punched the Call button "He orking with the sorcerer who stole the keys, and he was readingere doing to find them"

"Wow," Jak murmured "Even I wasn’t thatlove, I concentrated on the business at hand"

A reluctant smile touched my lips "Oh, I don’t know about that There were definitely occasions when it seehts were elsewhere, you can bet it was because I was trying not to come You, my dear, can soer"

My srew "I did notice you had a tendency to fire off a little too soon --"

"It didn’t happen that often," he said, nudging me with his shoulder

"If you say so," I murmured, amused The elevator door opened and I stepped inside

He followed close behind "What floor are we heading to, and why?"

"Top floor, to ould have been Lucian’s apart for clues"

He punched the appropriate button "Clues for what?"

I grimaced "I wasn’t Lucian’s sole bed partner Not only was he bedding a dark sorceress, but we’re pretty sure the two of them were partners in cri from experience, the man had to have superman’s stamina if he could cope with more than you in his bed"

I raised an eyebrow "You and I are over, so you really can stop with all the co a compliment doesn’t mean I want back in your bed I oing to happen" He paused, then addedto pin down the sorceress?"

"No, because we knoho she is However, we’re not looking for anything I’ I don’t believe you were invited to this particular party"

"Unfortunately, you’re stuck withthe options and all, what choice do you have?"