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Absolutely, I told him

Good He moved back to the other side of the park Hit me with your best shot

Seriously? I asked hi about

Hmm Maybe I’d been a little too suspicious when he’d been touching uys even kneho Pat Benatar was, let alone quoted her lyrics

Shifting est shield I could y slaht into him It wasn’t as sophisticated as the spear I’d done earlier, but it was a great calling card, an announcey blast, and this tied to stop it and volley it back at hihed and let loose with another pulse of energy that rocked me onto my heels

We continued this way for a couple of ht through ht shoulder

My shield dropped--I couldn’t help it--and instead of waiting forafter me full on now Blast after blast hit h y bursts that landedI wasn’t scared this tih he’d hurthis punches since then, keepingleam in his eyes as he stared down at me Ready to ady I had to construct a hasty shield, then bracedto hurt, even if he went easy on ht at me, and it didn’t look like he’d pulled his punches at all

At the last second, I rolled away fro back up

Sabyn let loose a powerful blast of energy at the spot he expected y met it--one that didn’t co through the water like a broken ragdoll

I turned to see where this new threat had coht at ht at Sabyn

Don’t even think about touching her, he yelled atpartner, his ary blast One look at his face and I kneas out for blood

I was up and racing toward hiistered Kona, don’t! I screa our private path

It didn’t even faze hirabbed on to his ar a statue of Hailana that graced one of the park’s ays The huge thing went tu and waves flashing out in all directions I stared at it, shocked If it had hit Sabyn while he was unshielded, the bloould have killed hihtly as I could This tieneral pathway so Sabyn could understand what I was saying too The last thing I needed was for hiet up and fire back on Kona World War III would probably erupt right here in theme

Kona’s silver eyes hen he turned toto kill you

Sabyn drifted slowly to his feet, an insolent look on his face Even the blood co from the corner of his mouth didn’t soften the effect I would never hurt Tempest, he said silkily--and a little untruthfully, but I didn’t feel the need to point that out right then Hailana has asked et her ready for battle

Bullshit Hailana would never be that stupid Kona was practically foa at the mouth and I stared at him, shocked I’d never seen my boyfriend like this, not even the times he’d stood up to Tiamat He looked like he wanted to tear Sabyn apart li to defuse the situation Hailana appointed Sabynto have to find a new one because that’s not going to happen He positioned himself in front of me so that I had to float up and peek over his shoulder even to get a glio crawl back under whatever rock you came from? he snarled at Sabyn

For a second I couldn’t move--that’s how shocked I was at this whole bizarre confrontation Kona rarely lost his temper and even when he did, it was never in such a chest-pounding, testosterone-fueled way He’d liked my last trainer a lot, had joked with Jared even as he’d nursedhad caused

Have you coainst his shoulders