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Halfway there, I caught a flash of white light out of the corner of hway Then it ca on the brakes, I swerved to the right as the back end of the SUV fishtailed until it ca, I flipped on the hazard lights and threw open the door I bolted across the two-lane highway, half slipping untilinto the Source and whatever existed insideso fast thatbranches snagged at my hair Sheets of snow fell as I dipped around a thick tree, disrupting once pristine land Toaway fro ht flared up ahead, like a bolt of horizontal lightning Definitely power of Luxen origin but not Daemon’s--his was reddish It had to be Dawson or…

I raced around a cluster of large rocks, kicking up snow as round around ht--

There they were, two Luxen in full gloorulping in air

One was taller, pure white with edges dipped in red The other was a slender, slower forer one, which I kneas Dae, human-shaped headlock I may’ve seen used in the WWE before

I’d officially seen everything

Assu the other one was Dawson, Dae Daemon back a foot But Daeht, raised it up in the air and body sla it so hard thatus

Dawson’s light pulsed and streaks of blue light rebounded off the trees, shooting back at the two, narrowly avoiding them He tried to roll Daemon--at least that’s what it looked like--but Daemon had the upper hand

I foldedme"

The two alien hotheads froze, and I really wanted to walk up and kick thehts flickered out Daeht I told you to go ho

"And the last tio ho the way his eyes brightened "Look, I orried I thought I’d come and help"

His lips pulled back "And hoould you have helped?"

"I think I did I got you two idiots to stop fighting"

He stared at er and his look promised lots of trouble later Maybe punishable trouble Ah, scratch that His look didn’t pro of the fun kind

"Let me up, brother"

Dae to run and ain"

"You can’t stop me," Dawson said, voice creepily apathetic

Muscles bulged under Dae you do this to yourself She--"

"She’s what? Not worth it?"

"She wouldn’t want you to do this," Daemon seethed "If the situation were flipped, you wouldn’t want her doing this"

Dawson reared up, h space between them so he could stand On their feet, they shared wary stances "If they had Katy--"

"Don’t go there" Daemon’s hands curled into powerful fists

His brother was unaffected "If they had her, you’d be doing the sa Don’t lie"

Dae We all knehat he’d do and no one would stop hi that, how could we ever stop Dawson? We couldn’t

I knew the exact moment that Daemon realized this, because he stepped back and thrust both hands through his windblown hair Torn between doing as right and what needed to be done

Stepping forward, I swore I could feel the weight Daemon carried as if it were ht"

Dawson jerked toward o"

"But we can’t do that, either" I dared a peek at Daeained from his expression "Dee and your brother have spent the last year believing you were dead That killed them You have no idea"

"You have no idea what I went through" He lowered his gaze "Okay,done a thousand tih I love my brother and sister"

I heard Daemon’s sharp intake It was the first tis for his family I took it and ran with it "And they know that I know that No one expects you to forget about Beth, but running off and getting yourself captured isn’t helping anyone"

Wow When did I become the voice of reason?