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Storaze darted between Shock and Anka, the kick in his gut re to hi at all Succumb to every lascivious, raunchy, wicked demand the wankstain had

Fuck, Lucan felt sick to his stomach Anka claiive birth to his youngling And yet…she’d disappeared into a bedroom with her former lover

"What’s this?" He stared at Anka, willing her to speak sos crued to catch her in his arms as she fell to the floor He turned to Shock with an accusing glare "What the fuck did you do?"

The other wizard’s face closed up iht I told her to lie down Stubborn witch doesn’t listen"

"How do you know she’s fine? What did you do to her, daht already"

"I don’t care what you said This whole ‘he who ht scare others Me? I don’t give a shit what you think you can do toI’ve done for her, you can accuse ht face?"

Lucan unclenched his fists Slowly, he backed away Shock would never harht even need her in soht be a sche prat, but he was a smart one But Anka’s safety wasn’t Lucan’s only concern

"That doesn’t mean you didn’t slide her between your sheets," he snapped

But Sabelle had o that Shock arrived at the y in Shock’s signature now

"I wish" Shock hadn’t touched her, and his expression said that he sorely wished otherwise "Don’t I fucking wish But you won that battle, so back the fuck off"

"Sorry" Lucan was forced to adainst his chest "What’s wrong with her, then? Did soive her ten She’ll be right as rain Where’s Bra antsy"

Before Lucan could stop it, his eon with Bram to talk to Rhea

The other wizard snarled in his face "What did they discuss?"

Lucan intentionally blanked his mind "Does Mathias care about Rhea ive a piss about anyone"

As he’d suspected "Then there are no worries"

"Fucking wanker," Shockdown the stairs in his leathers

Lucan watched his He didn’t like Shock, or trust him much, but the way he’d behaved with Anka proved that when he was loyal, he was loyal to the core Too bad they couldn’t transfer soiance to the Doomsday Brethren They could use someone fearless and reliable with connections to both sides

There would probably be a month of full moons before that happened

Anka roused in his ar up over her amber eyes When she realized where she was, or asped "Where’s Shock?"

"Gone downstairs What were you doing with him?" Lucan tried to keep the accusation out of his voice, but feared that he was falling miserably short

She squirmed in his ar her near in case she needed his support Anka hesitated in answering hi time, Lucan feared that she’d refuse to speak at all Yeah, so ned breath

"I can’t tell you that And I’m sorry, truly He’s kept reed to keep his I chose to tell you and the othersyou and I could be helpful to the Dooe his, not even to you I owe hiry with me and can’t accept that, I’m sorry"

The speech stunned him, and he watched, open-s Jolted into action by her unsteady gait, he jogged to her and ripped her other arm

He tried not to feel shut out, betrayed It didn’t work Instead, he focused on getting her downstairs safely Then they’d have a nice row

"You’re not steady enough to fight tonight"

She didn’t look at hiht Surely Shock told you that"

And he was simply supposed to trust Shock? Lucan scrubbed a hand down his face "Yes But Anka, after everything that’s happened, you’re asking me to just…believe hi over her breasts, still tightly encased in a T-shirt "No I’ to be perfectly well to fight You want me to trust you, but you have to do the same in return If you can’t trust me to be truthful about that …" She blinked up at hiret in her eyes, his heart lurched "I love you, but "

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Bra room to await Mathias so they could ostensibly share the plan with hieted in her seat Lucan sat beside her in silence, scowling at his forlower on her Clearly he didn’t like what she’d said earlier, but she couldn’t take it back She wouldn’t even if she could She owed Shock too much, and Lucan had to understand that If he didn’t…God, she couldn’t be caught between theain, forced to choose It hurt tooas she should--the more Shock looked ready to crawl across the table and throttle hiree about much, but it was clear they both violently hated Brao with the potion But Bram overruled them Without Mathias, there was no way to know if the potion was still in its place

Lucan turned to her during a lull in the conversation around the table "Are you truly all right to fight tonight?"

"Of course" She was nervous, but she refused to burden him with that But she had fully recovered fro in his voice couldn’t be ht She couldn’t forget that "I’m worried Every time Mathias comes near me, I break out in a cold sweat and freeze I fear that I won’t remee of ht I don’t want to be the weak link"

"I’ll be there with you I won’t let you falter"