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Charlie was happy He was still dating the shy brunette and taking care of Mikey and his h was dating Charlie’s boss, which clearly pissed off Charlie but Ari found it hilarious She was just glad they were alive and healthy to have these disagreements and draiving Eli McEttrick the runaround She’d confessed to Ari that theirs was a friends-with-benefits relationship, but it had quickly deteriorated as it became clear Eli was interested in more He pursued her with an iiven in six o, and then he’d proposed, and it had taken hiet her to say yes

Michael was happy with his daughter’s choice of husband, and even happier that the engagement had started up talks of the possibility of the two Guilds joining together to est Guild on the East Coast Some were excited at the possibility, others not soas they could stay with the family they’d built within the Roe Guild, and spend their days hunting and their nights cuddling

Well, usually their nights

"Do you think the Utukku is even going to show up?" Ari asked, al an episode of her favorite show for this crap

"Not if you keep talking"

"Soht"

"I expected to be in bed withsome creepy little schmuck in a cemetery in Maine"

"Schmuck? Did you just use the word schmuck?"

Jai shook his head but his lips twitched, giving hiot out of that sentence?"

"I’ about the rest of that sentence It’ll just pissinstead of doing this"

Jai stopped and reached out to her, his ar around her waist He drew her close and pressed a soft kiss to her lips

Ari snuggled closer to hiht now"

"I know" He groaned and kissed her forehead beforeto make it up to you"

A delicious shiver rippled over her at the thought "Will you do that thing I like?"

"The thing-thing, or the thing?"

he asked, scanning the next aisle of headstones

"The thing"

"Baby, we get this guy and I’ll do the thing and the thing-thing"

The Utukku picked that particular moment to appear at the end of the aisle, and with Jai’s sensual pro in her ears, Ari unleashed a far more powerful curse than she needed to on the wicked Jinn

It exploded

Jai slowly turned to her, choking on laughter "Was that necessary?"