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"What’s that supposed to ht flared in Sibyl’s eyes "It o Now And send Drake to see ht look like a child, but she was not one No child had that much presence or force of will

Helen stood cluht before she shut the door, she was sure she heard Sibyl’s doll giggle

Chapter 21

Nicholas intercepted Helen and Drake right outside Drake’s suite The men stepped a few feet down the corridor so Helen couldn’t hear them Their secrecy annoyed her, so she used Drake’s power to eavesdrop She channeled power to her ears, the saht When the rush of sound blasted her eardruasped She tuned the roar down until the beating of their hearts and the air s didn’t drown out their conversation

Nicholas handed Drake that blood et they’d used to track the Synestryn before and a sh blood in here for one shot, so you’ll have to find the nest tonight"

Drake’s jaw tightened with determination "I’ll have a chopper ready in case the nest is too far away to drive"

"I don’t think it will be Allof Synestryn in a hundred-earing up for an all-out attack on the compound"

Drake let out a low curse, but Helen heard it clearly She could also hear the sudden angry rush of blood through his body, which was really strange "Does Joseph know yet?"

"Yeah," said Nicholas "He’s calling in all available Theronai just in case"

"Do you want to stay here, too, or can I convince you to coht? Helen and I sure could use your help"

"I thought Gilda didn’t want you taking your lady out"

"She doesn’t, but we don’t have et Kevin’s sword back"

"Then let soo You two stay here, safe and sound"

Drake glanced over his shoulder at Helen, who tried to look as though she wasn’t listening Apparently her ruse worked

"I can’t do that," whispered Drake

"Why the hell not?" demanded Nicholas

"Because Sibyl told me that if Helen doesn’t find Kevin’s sword, she’ll die within days I can’t let that happen"

Holy crap! Helen had not wanted to hear that A sick feeling slithered around in her belly, but it was too late to turn back now She had to keep listening

Nicholas ran a hand through his dark blond hair, and his scarred face darkened with anger "Well, shit That’s just e need More creepy kid prophecies toto deal with my need to keep Helen safe and s were so much simpler when I only had myself to worry about"

"Don’t look for sympathy here, buddy You found your lady The rest of us are still suffering, so go cry to someone else"

"Sorry I shouldn’t complain" Drake rubbed a hand over the nape of his neck "I believe Helen isn’t alone There have to be more women like her out there Maybe even that waitress Zach is after"

"I’ve already started looking for Lexi and others I’d be able to look a lot easier if I got a sample of Helen’s blood to analyze"

She felt a sudden spike of outrage shoot out of Drake "After what Logan did to herdon’t askto think that whatever Logan had done when he’d used her blood to save Drake hadto have to ask Drake about it as soon as they had a h ti

"I could ask Logan, if it would make you feel better," said Nicholas "He’d be happy to have an excuse to get more of her blood"

"Goddamn it! Don’t you dare! If I see him anywhere near her I’ll have to kill him" Drake winced in pain as he said the words "I swear I will find a way, and that will destroy what little peace there is between us We can’t afford a war on three fronts Two is bad enough"

Nicholas held out his wide, scarred hands in a placating gesture "Chill, man I didn’t mean to push your psycho button Jeez It’s just a little blood"

"No, it’s Helen’s blood Big difference," said Drake

"Fine Consider the subject dropped When will you leave?"

"In a few hours If you want to co with us, meet us at my suite after lunch, say two o’clock"

"I’ll see what I can do Joseph has et out and whack on soet rusty"

"Rusty," snorted Drake "If you were rusty, I’d leave you behind a desk, not ask you to come help me protect my lady"

"Don’t rinned as the men parted ways and Helen found the landscape print on the wall suddenly intriguing Drake’s hand slid along her lower back "Let’s go get soht"

"I’d rather practice," she told him

"Your eyes are still red and I don’t want you wearing yourself out Tonight is the real thing"