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Chapter One

Los Angeles, California

Cyn shivered slightly and ines It inally bearable She hunched deeper into her coat and peered through the diht Raphael was down near the nose of the aircraft, deep in conversation with Juro She could only low of the jet’s cockpit coh the windshield Raphael looked up briefly, and his eyes flashed silver Her heart twisted at the sight He was so gorgeous It still took her breath away sometimes

"He worries about you"

Cyn controlled an involuntary jerk of surprise at the sound of Duncan’s voice over her left shoulder "Duh," she said, rolling her eyes in his direction

Duncan laughed as she turned towards him "I will miss you, Cyn, you and Raphaelso fast," she complained softly

Duncan leaned forward "Not really We’ve planned this for soht And you haven’t been yourself lately--"

"What? You thought I’d have a relapse or so if you told me? It’s my body that was injured, Duncan, not ile"

He was silent for a long ti perfectly still, the way he did soet he was there

"You didn’t see hiht you would die, you didn’t see what it did to hiht, and you need to take care of hirabbed his hand when he would have turned away "I love hi in the world"

"I know that But you need to care for hihtened his hold on her hand and raised it to his lips, kissing it softly

"Duncan," Raphael’s deep voice interrupted, his hand leaving a line of welcoers down Cyn’s back before resting a hand on her hip

"My lord," Duncan responded with a respectful nod

Raphael grinned "Not for er"

Duncan lifted one shoulder "You er be my lord officially, Sire But in truth, it will always be so"

Cyn stepped back to give the two of them their moment, their voices a bare ruines It was pathetic the way they stood there pretending to be all , et it over with But no, that wasn’t going to happen Raphael shot her a glance over his shoulder, looking as close to desperate as she’d ever seen hi to be left entirely to her

"All right,pity at last She stepped up to Duncan and threw her ar No back patting to nullify the emotion of theand hard He hugged her back, too, although she was certain he was being careful of his va body But despite all of that, he hugged her, and she felt his head turn away from Raphael, as if to conceal the emotion on his face

"I’ll miss you, Duncan," she whispered "He’ll miss you, too"

"I know," he murmured at her ear

"And I’ll take care of him for you"

"For both of us"

"That, too"

He laughed then, and she stepped back, slipping her ar Duncan’s hand

"We’ll visit," she promised "And you can visit us None of that vaed a look over her head with Raphael, and Cyn pursed her lips in thought Those tere up to so They wouldn’t tell her what it was, of course, but she’d figure it out She frowned, glancing at the big, industrial clock on the wall of the hangar Nearly ten pot clearance and were off the ground