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To disappear hat he needed, because if the forced mutation worked on any level, he’d need some ti the back of his knuckles down my cheek, he said, "He’d be crazy"

Not really, I thought, closing my eyes Daemon hadn’t wanted to heal Will but his hand had been forced The healing hadn’t been on the level required to change a human at the cellular scale And Will’s wound hadn’t been fatal, so either the mutation would stick or it would fade away And if it faded, Will would be back I would bet on it Although he conspired against the DOD for his own gain, the fact he knew it had been Daemon who mutated me was valuable to the DOD, so they’d be forced to take hie one

So aiting… Waiting for both shoes to drop at once

I openedDaemon hadn’t taken his off me "About Dawson…"

"I don’t knohat to do," he ad the back of his knuckles down ht "He won’t talk to me, and he barely talks to Dee Most of the ti in the woods I follow him, and he knows" Daemon’s hand found its way to ht?" I kissed the tip of his nose and pulled back "He’s been through a lot, Daehtened "I know Anyway…" Dae until he’d rolled me onto my back and hovered above me, hands braced on either side of my face "I’ve been re that was going on, all our worries, fears, and unanswered questions, si Dae it hard to breathe I wasn’t 100 percent on what his "duties" were, but I had a very vivid iination

"I haven’t spent a lot of tiht temple and thenabout you"

My heart leaped into my throat "I know you’ve been occupied"

"Do you?" His lips drifted over the arch ofht?"

Using every ounce of self-control I had, I focused on what he was saying "I’ You don’t need to worry about me"

He looked doubtful "Your voice…"

I winced and uselessly clearedmuch better"

His eyes darkened as he ran his thu on me"

I sht his lips to mine The kiss eet and soft, and I felt it in every part ofit deeper and longer "The whole raspy thing, but I wish--"

"Don’t" I placed h things to worry about without s, they’re nowhere near the top of the list"

He arched a brow and , I did sound kind of uber- my newly discovered maturity "I have missed you," I admitted

"I know You can’t live without o that far"

"Just ad in the way," I teased

His lips found the underside of e"

He snorted "Let ross" I shivered, though, because when he kissed the hollow offlawed about that

I would never tell him this, but beside the…pricklier side of hily head fro to perfect I’d ever , he slid his hand downaround his hip "You have such a dirtyto say I’, I wrapped my arms around his neck "Sure you were Completely innocent, you are"

"Oh, I’ve never claimed to be that nice" The lower part of his body sank into mine, and I sucked in a sharp breath "I’hty?" I pressed my face into his neck and inhaled deeply He always had this outdoorsy scent, like fresh leaves and spice "Yeah, I know, but you’re nice under the naughty That’s why I love you"

A shudder rolled through him, and then Daemon froze A stuttered heartbeat passed and he rolled onto his side, wrapping his arle a little to lift my head

"Daemon?"

"It’s okay" Voice thick, he kissed my forehead "I’ ho your full name Just for a little while we can pretend that crazy doesn’t wait for us We can sleep in, like norers "I like the sound of that"

"Me, too"

"Me, three," I ainst him until ere practically one I could feel his heart beating in tandem withnormal Where it was just Dae the front yard blew apart as so chunks of glass and snow shooting onto the floor