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My stupid body had confirht not tell retted it when he squeezed so hard the thin skin of ernails A etness trickled down my neck and slipped down the front ofthe the venoer

"One taste, and I’d know," he whispered "I’d know everything"

Maybe not one taste He’d need ernails, but if he bit lean what he wanted

He wouldn’t knohat Monica knew Juan Carlos didn’t have the power to see my history with one taste If he could, I’d never have been put in this position in the first place But if he tasted enough ofI ht be able to fool people on the surface, and I’d been lying so long I buried my wolf self seah Just as my pulse had a terrible poker face when it came to fear, my blood was laced with the secret Is and he’d taste the wolf

He rose to his feet, and I wheezed as he dragged ainst the wall, Juan Carlos angled his face towards my throat and smelled htening Juan Carlos had often

Sig

I croaked out a plea, trying to say the Finnish vampire’s name

"Don’t you dare," Juan Carlos snapped "Not until I’ve had ain, and I saw my opportunity to escape this situation unscathed vanish before my eyes Monica had saved me from Juan Carlos the first tio" The words were smooth and free from panic, but the tone carried an unon end fro iven

"Te dije que le bajes al suelo Nosaid

I wasn’t too up on ist of it, and Sig was resorting to Juan Carlos’s native language to ask hiainst ing intoJuan Carlos off ainst the stone,to the wounds on fuls of air

"Are you out of your goddamn ernail holes in ravelly

Juan Carlos snarled His eyes were still solid black, and his fangs were exposed and slick with saliva He was so intent on having my blood, spit had coated his chin In spite of the Armani suit he wore, he looked like a est I keep ured it out all bycontinued to direct his attention to Juan Carlos "Why do you do this to yourself?"

"She isn’t right," Juan Carlos replied, so his words, but he’d coh to wipe his chin off "I want to knohat Monica said"

"This isn’t the time"

"This is the only time I want to knohat she said"

"Monica insists Secret didn’t betray us Our third is a fit and honest leader" When Sig said honest, Juan Carlos barked a laugh so cold it gave me a chill

"Shesoave Juan Carlos’s ar squeeze "You need to put her secrets out of your head"

Juan Carlos jerked his arh"

"I can’t wa--"

Sig looked over his shoulder at me, and I shut my mouth immediately

"This is over," he toldto us both "Monica has had her last word, and she says you are fit Tell Juan Carlos you haven’t done anything"

"I haven’t done anything," I repeated

Sig turned back to Juan Carlos "You are never to touch her again, am I understood?"

"You can’t--"

"It’s a yes-or-no question, Juan Carlos And there’s only one answer I’ I thought he ht actually say no, the black-eyed vampire said, "Yes I understand"