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"I’ to lie, I was crushed when it ended, but I understand your decision and I’ive you what you want," I told him honestly In retrospect I should have known that it wouldn’t last with him, weres always ended up with each other Sure they’d date outside their race when they were young, but those women were only temporary, mere substitutes until they met a oman to settle doith

"You heard about that, huh?" he asked I nodded ht I’d want to know, I guess," I added so he wouldn’t

think I was stalking hione on dates but nothing serious yet, not really looking for a relationship right now," I said, keeping my expression blank He didn’t need to know that he was the reason for the issues I had with men There was an aard silence that settled between us and I wondered if we’d ever get over our past and act normal around each other We had ended on a bad note, but Micah wasn’t a bad guy and if the FPD wanted to hire me as a consultant, we needed to learn how to function around each other

"You said that you had a dream?" Micah finally asked, "I didn’t think you had psychic dreams?"

"I don’t This dreaue Except, soet new information from it She mentioned an Anthony and it seemed like she knew her attacker I don’t know if that will help but at least we’ve got a na," I said

Micah looked quizzically at me, "Hoe even know there is an Anthony, maybe it was just a dream"

"This is where your handy-dandy detective skills would corin

"Thanks smartass, I’ll check into it e visit Hemlock tomorrow," he said with ae so I flipped it open and saw that it was from Aiden

BE OVER IN AN HOUR, HAVE INFO

I flipped the phone shut and noticed Micah watchingwith , but please let ot up to leave

"Bad news?" Micah asked, nodding towards the phone I held inby in an hour and I need to talk to hiht have inforet me kicked off the case in a heartbeat

"So Aiden finally wore you down, huh?" He asked with a less than enthusiastic tone Micah and Aiden hadn’t ever gotten along Itto stealhow Micah and I didn’t work out, maybe I should have let Aiden steal ht I turned to leave but Micah stoppedto Hemlock tomorrow, I meant you and me, partner" My eyebrows arched up in surprise Wyatt hadto hear an earful next tiht Fiona and I are going to that new club, Rush It’s in Heate myself" Hemlock was almost an hour away I didn’t want to spend all day there with Micah, only to coht

"That’s the club I planned to investigate I have a source that says they serve brew there And Anthony ht," he said, winking as he left

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October htfall arrived earlier It was only half past five when I got back toas old as he was, Aiden actually woke up a couple hours before the sun set but he couldn’t set foot outside until twilight

When I pulledfor me on the front steps His dark hair lay in a tousleds into a ind of fluttering wings When he s from ear to ear by the time I stood in front of him It didn’t matter that he kne to touch every last one of , Gwen," he said, with his oh-so-sexy voice