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Must be nice to have a wacky internal sensing system like that

"And I can’t colanced as I heard a door open "And I don’t think that’s an option"

I looked overht black hair that was silver at the te froown and bald head--they did live in a colony at the foot of Seneca

This was totally unexpected

Even more so was the fact that Daemon didn’t drop his hands and put appropriate alien-huuage and slid a hand down my back as he stepped besideyou"

Theviolet eyes slid toward irl that your brother and sister kindly inforhtened Daemon’s frame "Depends on what they kindly infors I didn’t knohat to do withto look as unaware as possible The fact that I knew the guy in a suit wasn’t hu deal Other Luxen couldn’t knoas in on the secret or that I was a hybrid

Ethan s her I was surprised We’re practically faht have had more to do with the fact that they wanted him toout a er on the market

"You know me, Ethan; I don’t like to kiss and tell the world" His thu the small of my back "Kat, this is Ethan Smith He’s like a…"

"Godfather," I said, and then I flushed, because that was the stupidest thing I could say

But Ethan’s expression said he liked the sound of it "Yes, like a godfather" Those odd eyes settled on me, and I forced my chin up a notch "You’re not from around here, are you, Kat?"

"No, sir, I’m froinia to your agreelanced at Daemon "Yeah, it’s nice"

"That’s lovely" Ethan came down a step "It’s a pleasure to meet you" He extended a hand

Out of habit, I reached for it, but Daeht my hand to his lips and kissed my palm Ethan noted the action with a flicker of curiosity and so I couldn’t place

"Kat, I’ll co his body in between us "I have so up to do, okay?"

I nodded and forced a smile for Ethan "It was nice to meet you"

"Likewise," the ain"

For some reason, the words settled over ave Daerabbed iveas I’d known Daemon and Dee, I’d never seen another Luxen froed out by Ethan’s appearance, I dropped e juice Mom was asleep, so I tiptoed down the hall and shut lass on the table Concentrating on my laptop, I raised ht to my hand I tried not to use the alien abilities too often--maybe once or twice a day to keep the…uh, whatever well oiled There was always this weird rush when I used it, like being on a roller coaster as it crests a hill, ready to fly down at eighty miles an hour--the les with awareness It was a different feeling--not bad, kind of fun, and maybe even a little addictive

And when I’d tapped into whatever it was the night Adam died, I’d never felt more powerful in ht to the head If the s he was doing

I couldn’t afford to think about him now, so I powered upreviews until I shut offa book, I curled up, hoping to get so over, but I ended up drifting off to sleep three pages in

When I woke up, it was dark in ation, I discovered it was already past nine and Mom had left for work Surprised that Daemon hadn’t stopped over, I slipped on my boots and headed next door

Dawson answered, a can of soda in one hand and a Pop-Tart in the other "Nice sugar rush you got going on there," I said, grinning

He glanced down "Yeah, I guess I’ anytime soon"

I re at all, and I hoped that had changed Before I could ask, though, he said, "Daemon’s not here"

"Oh" I tried to hide uy?"

"God, no, Ethan was only here for about an hour He wasn’t happy But Daemon went out with Andrew"

"Andrew?" Unexpected

He nodded "Yeah, Andrew and Dee and Ash wanted to grab soo"

"Ash?" I whispered Okay, really unexpected And as totally expected was the wave of irrational jealousy that swept through irl land

"Yeah," he said, and then he winced "You want to come in?"

I didn’t realize I’d followed hi on the couch, ether Daemon really went out to dinner with Ash and the others? "When did they leave?"