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Her pretty mouth curled up in the corners and he studied her a s she wore "You sure like your jewelry"

"They’re talismans," Fallon answered "They fuel my power Guild Hunters are mutts We don’t have the same juice as Ari, Jai, and Trey who are full-blood Jinn, so we use talisic"

Genuinely interested in hoorked, he leaned forward and touched the copper coin that hung around her neck "Do each of thelanced up at her face and found her staring at hirave; vu," she murmured "You did this before I was there on so about taliseness of it made him drop the coin and settle back "This is incredibly bizarre for ine what it’s like for you"

Fallon shrugged and gave him a sad smile "It’s easier and it’s not I don’t uy I was seeing, so in a way, it’s not as horrible that you don’t reone"

Charlie didn’t knohat to say

Eventually, he murmured, "I’m sorry"

She made a face at hie that for the world"

"It really messed me up, huh?"

Fallon’s eyes widened "Uh, yeah

You were a freakin’ tiot excited about ic was a total turn-on, but you, well, alternate you, couldn’t handle that ic So if I can impart a little piece of advice?"

"Shoot"

"Don’t touch my talismans, or anyone’s talismans Don’t make deals with Jinn Stay out of it"

Norirl half his size, but after everything Ari had told hiht "I will definitely be following that advice," he grinned at her She blinked in surprise

After a hed "Crap

You’re still hot in this reality"

A flush of pleasure washed over hirin turned flirtatious at her blunt honesty He didn’t know a lot of girls who said it like it was "I can see why alternatefor you"

She twisted her mouth playfully and raised her eyebrows "It was h of ain, this ti to her mouth

Before either one of theht their attention Fallon shot out of her chair and ran froainst his ribs What now?

When he got there, he found Michael and the other Roes surrounding an exhausted-looking Ari He was gently pushed aside as Jai strode into the roo her into his arms, his words to her too quiet for Charlie to hear

He watched theether, saw their closeness, and felt a small spark of envy Jai didn’t say a lot and was a pretty intiave the i, so Charlie could understand why Ari was attracted to him

And okay, he wasn’t a woman, but even he could see the Ginnaye was pretty easy on the eyes Still, he felt this odd discoether Charlie could only put it down to his attraction to Ari The girl was out-of-this-world gorgeous Not to h Jai was a lucky guy

When her eyes lifted from Jai’s face to Charlie, he froze at the desperate expression within

"What’s going on?" he asked uneasily

Ari’s expression turned apologetic

"I’m sorry, Charlie … but I need to ask your per"

Uh oh Charlie did not like the sound of that "Per but shark chum"

Her face fell "Sorry"

He wasn’t going to lie The idea of being used as bait for this Lilif woman, who, by description, sounded like the apocalypse personified, didn’t fill hiroaned, "Fine Bait me up and show me the hook"

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Black Dust on an Indigo Sky

It was fair to say that Lilif was sulking Sulking in that throwing furniture that didn’t belong to her around and singeing the eyebrows of anyone who got in her path kind of sulking

They were in White’s mortal hoo area at the azed at the beautiful Caribbean waters as he waited for quiet to fall over the home