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Chapter TWO

TY CROUCHED SILENTLY on a tree branch, his silver eyes unblinking as he watched Lily Quinn slowly h by the tione fro a final, fearful glance over her shoulder before getting in and driving off

He couldn’t have seen what he thought he’d seen, Ty knew It had to have been a trick of the light and his bloodlust-addled brain Likely it was a birthmark, or even a tattoo, a wicked little surprise hidden beneath the classy wrappings No mortal could wear a vampire mark, and Lily was most certainly mortal But just as certain was that she was also… ly to the scent of a woainst him, the feel of her skin beneath his hands, threatened to send hi after her to finish what they’d started Instead, Ty clung to what control he had left, sinking his claws into the wood beneath hi in response to the ancient struggle inside of hih it meant he would have to force himself to drink from yet another nameless, faceless victim

Leave it to him to want a worowl, Ty sprang froain, stalking off in the direction of the town square He ought to be grateful that so his teeth into Lily Quinn If he had, he would have ruined as likely his only chance at fulfilling his mission

Still, it would have been nice if he’d noticed he couldn’t catch even a hint of the wootten so close that he could think of nothing but her neck That impenetrable mind was the undeniable hallmark of a Seer Lily’s particular beauty was just a bonus, and an unfortunate one at that To bite her would rob her of the ability he was in dire need of

As the Aame

Ty pulled his cell phone fro up the distance with a speed that bordered on inhuiance to His queen’s favor had elevated hiutterblood like himself could normally expect; she had drawn him into her trusted inner circle, where his kind would never have been tolerated before--though in truth, he was only barely tolerated by the rest and had learned early on to rely on subterfuge to get what infor a vampire queen on speed dial didn’t quite ry in a way that he’d so only once before she picked up, and Arsin&ouitation The hairs on his neck and the backs of his arhtly

The wory, she was apt to destroy everything and everyone in her path

"Tynan Calling to tell me of another fruitless adventure, I presume?"

Her voice was a s on her chaise, her kohl-lined eyes narrowed, her long red nails tapping on the fabric She had always been kind to hih he had seen plenty of her cruelty One couldn’t stay the ruler of the greatest of the vae in her lately, a strain and barely leashed fury that he attributed to the murders and her inability to stop them Ty hoped his discovery of Lily could start to reverse that… provided she was, in fact, a Seer

He could have been perfectly confident, were it not for that odd little decoration on her skin

"Not this ti for the lights of the city’s old-fashioned don square He slowed a little to give himself time to talk No one else needed to hear this conversation

"Tellwith keen interest bordering on desperation He wondered what more had happened since he’d last spoken to Arsin&oue up et close to iven hi cold-blooded killers, after all The Cait Sith were gutter vamps, ruthless hunters with no leader and no conscience This tended to give one an aura of unapproachability Which was fine with Ty Highbloods were a tedious lot, full of entitle down on… well, onhis voice low "Her , and you know I’ry snap in Arsinöe’s voice surprised him, as he’d expected at least aBut then, ed since the Mulo had coht darkly, some of it was permanent

Or maybe it was always there and you just didn’t want to see it