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"So you are in trouble," Bay said

"Yes," Lily replied, still unsure which parts Bay believed and didn’t believe but feeling like a weight had been lifted just by telling someone about all of this "And no I’ back, Lily?"

"I… don’t know Hopefully once I take care of whatever they need me to take care of We’re not there yet"

Bay’s voice went to steel "Not good enough I don’t knoho these so-called va to you, Lily, but we need to get you out of there Tell et you protection We’ll make sure no one hurts you, but you have to tellshe was going to wind up hurting her friend but still certain it was better than the alternative, which was Bay thinking she’d died some horrible death Not that it couldn’t still happen, but so far so good

"Daain!"

Lily heard the anguish and the fear, and felt guilt and misery twist the to be done for it She’d done what she’d wanted to do when she’d picked up the phone Bay knew she was alive, and that was the best she could do

"Bay, you can’t help reat way to get hurt or killed I’ you, but I couldn’t stand you thinking I was dead soet this sorted out one way or another, and the va, really savvy He’s not going to let anything happen to otten involved with one of these nutcases? Please tell me you haven’t You knohat Stockholnize when it’s happening to you Get the hell out of there and cos in the last few nights that would blow your h to know the difference between the iinary and the real This is real These people are ancient, and powerful, and dangerous I don’t have a choice in helping the, I do have a chance to answer questions I’ve always had about myself Try and understand that"

"I don’t understand any of this," Bay said, and once again she sounded on the verge of tears "I’m scared for you, Lily I want you to come back"

"I will if I can And hey, whatever happens, don’t let my fa is yours"

"Oh, Lily…"

"Yeah, well, I want it all back when I co back in Tipton Her own eyes began to water and sting, and she kneas timore pain, and she didn’t want to do that She’d just try to focus on the good Bay knew she was okay That was the i

"Take care of yourself, Bay I love you"

She hung up before she could hear Bay’s response and wiped at her eyes with the sleeve of her jacket Apparently, she hadn’t ht she could Still, it was done

Talking to Bay, and hanging up the phone, had felt like saying good-bye to her old life, like breaking a tie instead of reaffir it, when the latter had been her intention But there was no changing as or what she had to do All she could hope was that she ca he’d said, despite knowing it was probably ied to include Tynan MacGillivray Because it was beco for him, hard and fast, and she had no idea how to make it stop

Her mind full of impossibilities and burdened with a fresh set of worries, Lily trudged into the coffee shop and hoped she hadn’t justhe noticed was that he was alone

Following rapidly on the heels of that was the jarring realization that this state of affairs wasn’t at all what he wanted He’d drifted off wrapped up in Lily’s warmth, in the luscious scent of her Never, in this life or his last, had he lost hi with Lily had been like tapping into so

It was dangerous stuff, Ty thought, slowly sitting up in the large, eerous to hi it on the lure of her blood was no longer an option It would no doubt have enhanced things, but the pleasure he’d experienced with her had already been so intense that after a certain point, biting her had ceased to cross hisher, being with her again

Ty dug his fingers into his hair, pulled up his knees, and sighed Sootten in over his head And he was pretty sure he’d been up to his neck at least the verywith her had been an incredibly bad idea

So naturally, he’d gone right for it

Jaden appeared like soe of the screens that hid the bed froy Ty was currently producing with his thoughts

"I never thought I’d say this, Ty, but you’re going to get yourself killed if you keep this up"