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“Ha! You probably laughed as you shared er, but that vulnerable crack in her voice went straight to Caden’s heart

“I promise,” Caden said “That isn’t so”

The other hiht of any male hand on her, even a duplicate of his oas an unwelcorowl

“He’s already had it all Why be squeamish now?” she shot back tartly Then she turned to the other him “Get your bloody hand off me”

Sydney clasped his wrist and shoved hiernails raked his forear blood The clone hissed

“Ouch!” Caden looked down at his orist, and though he didn’t see the scratch that appeared on his clone’s skin, he felt the pain Very odd

She zipped her gaze over to hi on here, you wanker Wankers,” she corrected “Bloody circus Explain or get the hell out”

Caden pressed his lips together, still e Instead, he leaned closer and cupped her shoulder “It’scomplicated”

“No, it’s easy You shared me with your twin, you bastard!” Sydney slapped hi He whirled, shocked to see an angry palm print on his clone’s cheek that likely mirrored his own

He felt his clone’s pain, but did not sustain injury The clone, however, suffered both Confounding, but then, ic alas Westin’s death alone proved that

“Say soan to seep fro he said would hed “I’m sorry”

Bloody lame answer, his clone sneered inside his head

Splendid Now he could converse mentally with the unwanted prat

She stoown littered on the floor near the bed With angry movements, she thrust it on “Piss off—both of you!”

As she marched from the bedroom, Caden’s mind reeled Sydney would quickly find Duke, as likely still loitering on Sydney’s sofa, and say she sao Cadens News of his ability to clone would go straight to Bram, ould find a use for hi his eyes shut, he tried to re boy He’d blocked out most, but bits, especially when Lucan had visited, returned

Power and passion Both were iical ability to cast the spell they sought Equally important was the desire for the outcoic wouldn’t be so cruel as to saddle hiic, he needed the clone gone

Forearht clench of his fists, he focused onhi into his forainst his back, followed by a pounding in his head Bloody hell, every htly nauseous But when he looked around, the blanket about his clone’s waist was in a heap on the ground and the being was gone

So was Sydney

He stu her naone far

Duke had caught her after nodown the shadowed hallway

The other man looked up when Caden raced out of the bedroo about kinky twin tricks”

“Exhaustion” Caden said the first thing that ca Sydney or htmare end? Now that he’d transitioned, would it?

“Liar!” She wrested free of Duke’s grip and turned on him “I sao of you”

Duke shot hinored him “Sweetheart, you’ve had a busy time of it We’re both tired—”

“I , but I’m not daft”

Caden shook his head “Sydney, we should—” Two days?

If he’d been busy that long—so had Out of This Realm

“Da the answer before he asked the question “Did you ring Holly and tell her to pull the story about the book?”

Sydney blinked “No Don’t change the subject”

“Fuck! It’s Saturday?” Caden demanded of the other man

“Yes”

The latest edition of Out of This Real

“Did the article print?” Duke asked with a wince

“I’ another word until you explain your twin”

Duke repeated the curse as well, e it with several creative acco a hand across his tired face, Caden wondered what else could go wrong He’d already transitioned into ic he didn’t want Sydney had seen his clone and knew da He was exhausted and wanted to sleep for the next week Instead, he had to deal with the fact the public—including Mathias—could now read about the Doomsday Diary

“What did the article say?”

“Why were there two of you?”

“Damn it, woman!” Duke thundered “Answer him This is life or death”

Sydney looked like she wanted to argue, but Duke’s face deterred her “I wrote that it’s red and reputed to be the creation of Morganna le Fay That it has the ability to grant people’swishes”

A more than adequate description for Mathias to identify the diary Caden renewed his F-bombs Duke followed suit

“What? It’s all true,” Sydney spat

Braoing to hell fast And he feared et worse

He had to fix this or he’d likely get eternal rest because either Bram or Mathias would put him six feet under And the latter would make certain Sydney joined him

“Where is the book now?”

Sydney narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest “Why?”