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"Do you think he’s really ready for battle?" I asked Ethan as alked down the hallway

"I don’t know," Ethan said "But I suspect he needs the job as much as we need him" He whipped an arm around me, kissed me hard "Which isn’t nearly as ave him a wink "Good I like you a little needy"

"That’s not exactly what I had in mind," Ethan called out as I continued down the hallway in front of hi back at hi to do about it?"

This time, the fire was in Ethan’s eyes

And I was good with that, too

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Five by Five

Late August Chicago, Illinois

It was o, and all ell

I stood in front of Cadogan House, a stately and luxurious three-story stone house on a rolling bit of lawn in Chicago’s Hyde Park It was surrounded by an iuarded by men and women who risked their lives to keep the House safe froave way to fall and a cool breeze spilled across the quiet dark, there was peace

Katana at rounds, I nodded at the guard at the gate and jogged up the stairs to the glowing portico One final look, one last glance, to ensure quiet in the realm, and then I opened the doorand walked back into chaos

Cadogan House’s pretty foyer--hardwood floors, pedestal table bearing richly scented flowers, glea chandelier--was croith people and noise A vampiretime with Ethan Sullivan, Master of the House--waited on a bench along one side Vampires carried boxes toward the basele eye by Helen, the House’s den mother

There was a flurry of an House was getting married tomorrow

To me

A vampire with dark skin and a shaved head rounded the corner into the foyer This was Malik, Ethan’s second-in-coan House unifor vividly with the crisp white shirt and pale green of his eyes He tracked the rooht," he said

"It is"

"Is there a crowd outside the House?"

I shookthe sidewalks outside the library The CPD had to pull in extra staff to monitor"