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He backed away Her pent-up breath left her in a rush
"You will have to kill him yourself, of course," he added "But without the ability to shift, he should be a et for you He can be roused
Their gazes met and held Eve wondered if he truly believed that she would hand over Alec and Reed’s mother to him If so, why did he believe that the priest and Gadara were so valuable to her? Worth enough to betray thethat she was rateful to have him call off the bounty and help her with the Nix? He couldn’t be that vain It was more convenient for her, yes But no matter what, she would have dealt with the Nix and the bounty anyway
"Are we clear about the terht: you want Eve teo and Raguel?"
He nodded "I will call off the bounty and in return, you agree to keep this matter private I will know if you err Unlike Jehovah, I keepme the Nix on a silver platter?" she asked, suspicious
"1 will getevened out, but he may kill you anyway How can I take recompense for so little?"
With an offhand flick of his wrist, she was back on the baseball field and he was gone
Eve spun, looking around, finding herself alone She set off at a run toward the darkness beyond the athletic field lights, searching for Montevista and Sydney with a sickening feeling of dread
"Is that where Evangeline lives?"
As Alec pushed his rarely used key into the lock of his front door, his head turned to follow the direction of his er It had been awhile since he’d used secular means to enter his condo, but his parents weren’t ifts they had in Shamayim were stripped froe "Yes"
Before he could stop her, hison Eve’s door He steeled hi knotted up inside him, except for the voices that relished chaos
No one answered Eve’s door
His ht you said it wasn’t safe for her to be out"
His father stood at her back, hovering and watchful Alec unlocked his dead bolt for his parents, then shifted into Eve’s house It was dark and quiet as a to room, he reached out to her and was met with an eerie silence
Eve Where are you?
She hit him in a rush, a full-throttle blindside of fear and worry that knocked hirowled and shifted to her
She screa froht her by the back of the neck and clasped her to hiainst hies hit his brain Montevista Sydney The priest Azazel
Fury churned inside hiain, Abel had left Eve hanging in the wind
It would be the last tiers linked with hers He pulled her along the length of the chain link fence, searching for any signs of blood, torn clothing, or a scuffle
Then he felt the Marks Faint, but nearby He shifted Eve to -the parking lot on the other side of La Palma The open space was poorly lit, but his enhanced vision picked up two forain,them closer more swiftly He stabilized Eve when she stuod," she breathed Her hand tightened on his, then she released hiuards
Montevista sprawled atop his partner, almost as if he’d shielded her body with his own Eve reached out and brushed her fingers across his cheek He groaned, then stirred
"They’re alive," she said
As their firm leader, Alec knew that, but he didn’t belabor the point Instead, he stood behind Eve, wondering why it had taken a few moments for their connection to be reestablished
Abel appeared on the other side of the two prone figures on the ground "What the hell happened?"
"If you’d been doing your job," Alec snapped, "you would know"
Eve growled "If you two start fighting--"
"Where the fuck were you?" Abel challenged
"With Ima and Abba"
His brother’s eyes widened "Why?"
"Don’t worry about my business Worry about hers--" Alec jerked his chin toward Eve, "--and how Azazel snatched the priest right in front of her"
"I can see that" Abel stared at Eve with a frown, getting caught up to speed by sifting through her thoughts
"You both suck," she groused "These two are hurt and you’re going to stand there bitching at each other?"
Alec ran a hand through his hair "Get her out of here"
Abel stood and shifted to her side He glanced at Alec "You got these two?"
"Yeah Go"