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"I’ll call the Sha spell to keep your witch froet you out of those shackles Hold on, Kara’s got Tighe on her cell phone" He repeated the address Paenther had given him "They’re about an hour north of there, BP He’ll find you We’ll regroup here"
"Agreed"
Paenther replaced the phone in its cradle, left the house as quietly as he’d arrived, and went to retrieve Skye As he climbed the hill to the trees where he’d left her, he heard the lol of a dog His heart lurched He’d left Skye unconscious, unprotected
But the dog, aher
"Go!" he shouted softly to the dog The ani his teeth The dog turned tail and ran
Even unconscious she drew the aniainst her too-slender body, he couldn’t deny he struggled against the saht the mutt had hurt her, he’d been furious
Paenther scowled Even unconscious she wove her spell around him Protect her, hell All he wanted to do was hurt her
Except that wasn’t true
Maybe once he was free of the shackles, he’d be able to see her clearly at last He’d be able to see the cunning, calculating bitch who’d played on his sympathies and pretended to be beaten and vulnerable so he’d fuck her and help her raise the power to free those abominations
He settled onto the ground beside her, leaning back against one thick oak trunk, where he had sight of the road and could watch for Tighe’s white Land Rover
Reaching for her instinctively, he stopped and pulled his hand back, fighting the urge to pull her onto his lap and hold her against the rain Even knohat she was, he felt this need to touch her, to hold her
Which et his retribution Goddess help him, he would She’d rue the day she’d turned those sad, blue eyes on hi drawled, thrusting out his arrasped the other’s wrist in the traditional greeting "Glad to see you made it out of there, Geronihe As one, they embraced Little emotion ever escaped past the fury that consumed his life, but he felt a relief to see his old friend that went all the way to his soul
"You finally got that clone"
"Hell, yeah" Tighe pulled back Sharp, war for you for days"
He didn’t have to say the words for Paenther to know they’d feared he was dead
"How long have I been gone? I lost track of time in that place"
"About six days" He nodded at Skye, still lying asleep in the grass "Is that the witch?"
"That’s her"
Tighe scowled "Do we really want to bring another one of those things in the house?"
"I’ her behind But we need to tie her hands Got any rope?"
Tighe flicked his hand at Jag "Give runted but unfastened the belt on his carass beside Skye and tied her arenerally couldn’t enchant a Feral or Therian without the direct touch of their hand This one had claimed she couldn’t do even that, but he didn’t trust her
As he slung her over his shoulder, an attractive brunette slid out of Tighe’s SUV and joined thehe slid his arm around her shoulder, Paenther lifted a brow He’d heard Tighe had taken a huht it was only to keep her fro him while he used her to capture his clone
"This is Delaney, BP"
The woman extended her hand to hihtforward attitude He wasn’t exactly theof males None of the Ferals were
Paenther nodded to her "It’s dangerous out here for a hu his own "Turns out I’er aze swiveled to Tighe
Tighe grinned "It’s true But it’s a long story Let’s get - "
"Draden," Jag warned "A tiny little flock of the frorabbed the knife he’d taken from the farmhouse and plucked out the hearts of the ones that came near hiet out of here beforehis switchblade Paenther carried the unconscious witch to the SUV and laid her in the cargo area in back, then cli while Delaney took the front seat beside Tighe If Skye woke, he’d be ready to grab her before she could touch anyone
The last thing he needed was her enchanting more Ferals Not when he suspected he was still under her spell
Even before she was fully awake, Skye’s heart began to pound like a ha, the low huainst her ear A car
This couldn’t be happening Birik would never let her go Yet clearly, somehow, she’d escaped the cavern
In a rush of memory, it all carabbed her, knocking her out
He’d captured her