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"Yeah, you do," he said, voice getting quieter, uns and said, "Take off the arm sheaths so we can put the blades in theet it all back at the end of the night"

I honestly didn&039;t knohat it meant for a werelion to be in heat, but I didn&039;t debate with hi the wrist sheaths "Call your sniper off It&039;s not my fault that we&039;ve been delayed"

He nodded, shoving one of the guns into his waistband and handing the other to Nicky, who took it and tucked it out of sight under the baggy tank top Jacob got his cell phone out and called "Stand down for now She&039;s cooperating" Silence "Yes, keep on hione back to huray "I know you don&039;t have coain in an enclosed space like a car, on&039;t make our deadlines That means that the next call that I need to et made in ti that you both h the deadlines while my boyfriends died"

"That&039;s exactly what I&039;, so it&039;s in everyone&039;s best interest if you keep a lid on it"

"I will do my best," I said, and meant it I handed him one of the knife sheaths We were both careful not to touch bare skin to bare skin as he took it from me

"Look at me," Nicky said

"Don&039;t push at this," Jacob said

"Lions are weird about weaknesses; I just want her to see Maybe if her beast knows, she won&039;t want ht between us"

Jacob nodded "Good idea"

"What&039;s a good idea?" I asked

Nicky lifted that long fall of blond bangs away fro Burn scars traced over the ee of his cheek, and covered where his right eyebrow should have been I looked because he seemed to wantmy bed with a vampire that h the whole eye destroyed orse Asher had all the parts he was supposed to have; just some of them were nestled in burn scars

Nicky blinked the one big blue eye at me, then let the hair fall back into place, and just like that it was hidden "Most wousted or scared You don&039;t look either"

I shrugged "If you know everyone in my bed then you know scars aren&039;t a deal breaker for me"

"You mean the vampire with the holy water scars," he said

I nodded

He seemed to think about that for a few seconds, then nodded "Guess you&039;ve seen worse"

"It&039;s not about worse, Nicky; it&039;s about the fact that the scar is just another part of you Not bad, not good, just you" I held my left arm out so the flat of the arm showed I pointed to the mound of scar tissue at the bend "Vampire" I touched the claw marks next "Shapeshifted witch" I traced the knife wound that made the cross-shaped burn scar a little crooked now "Knife and burn were both human servants of different master vampires" I touched the flat, slick scar on the upper part of the arirlfriend shot me" If I hadn&039;t been afraid I&039;d flash the knife sheath under my tank top, I&039;d have showed hiot a few others, but we&039;d have to be better friends for me to show you those"

He studied my face "Most werelion females don&039;t want a one-eyed mate"

"It&039;s an old scar," I said "I&039; you&039;ve coot a blind side in both forht rinned "Which is why you don&039;t have a mate yet, and why your lioness is in heat If you&039;d picked a mate, it wouldn&039;t have happened"

I would talk to our local lions about leaving that part out, but in their defense I wouldn&039;t have believed theet back in ht we had No, I couldn&039;t blame this on them

"It&039;s not just heat," Jacob said, "it&039;s fucking powerful heat No female has ever made me lose it like that"

"So neither of you has ht, it&039;s not just her being picky that made this happen"

"It&039;s said a e and property is in want of a wife," I said

"Did you just quote Pride and Prejudice?" Jacob asked

"I guess I did, e, sorry"

"I wouldn&039;t have knohat book, or who you quoted," Nicky said, not like he was happy with it

"But I get what you ray and I&039;ve never taken a real mate I&039;ve never committed to a territory and my pride is all uys, so it&039;s not a problem"

"We travel too much for women and kids," Nicky said

Jacob nodded "That&039;s what I keep telling ot a job to do Re your side of the proble we could do would be worth the lives of your lovers"

"Agreed," I said

He handed , but still had the big knife down er door for h under the circuot in behind ainst the back of my seat "I wish you weren&039;t the job, Anita"

"Me, too," I said, and h probably not for the saot in behind the wheel and said, "Buckle up; it&039;ll slow you down by a few seconds if you decide to do soo on with your plan?"

"Yes," he said, "nothing&039;s changed"

"So you&039;ll still kill the people I love if I don&039;t raise the dead for your client?"

"Yes," he said

"Yes," Nicky said from behind me

"Then we&039;re clear," I said

Jacob started the engine "Yeah, we&039;re clear You&039;ll kill us if you can, and if you&039;re sure it won&039;t get your people killed We&039;ll kill you if you force us to"

"Great," I said, "we all know the rules then"

"Why aren&039;t you afraid?" Nicky whispered fro afraid won&039;t help"

"People are brave, but you can always smell the fear, taste their heart speed up But you aren&039;t You really aren&039;t any of that"

"If I get afraid, or pissed, then oes up and it&039;s harder to control the beasts Jacob was clear; I can&039;t afford to lose control in the car with you guys"

"So because you have to be in control, you will be, just like that," he said