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"What’s up?" Wraith said, taking a seat Mickey chattered indignantly and scrambled onto his T-shirted shoulder, then draped himself around Wraith’s neck like a fur stole

"I think we’ve found a way to save your life"

Wraith’s pulse went double-time, but he forced hireat, but there was still a serious set to hiswasn’t all blood and fun here "Lay it onto have to steal a charly little bracelet thing?"

"Not exactly," Shade said "This char that makes the recipient immune to harm You’ll have to take it fro tellsup an Orgesu’s skirt"

"Depends on how you look at it" Shade shifted on the couch, his leather pants squeaking on the cushions "Iup So what’s the challenge?"

Shade exchanged glances with Eidolon before saying, "Ah, well… you’ll have to seduce the owner The char sex Obviously, if she’s charmed, she can’t be forced"

"Seduction isn’t a problely At least, they had until he’d gone through s’genesis and gained the facial s feet laid

If he were like every other mature Seminus demon on the planet, the deception wouldn’t bother him Thanks for the hu unable to have sex in his true foret a female to lay with him The demon part of hi Mickey, but now he froze, his hand hovering over the weasel’s spine "There’s a catch, isn’t there? There’s always a catch"

E nodded Stalled Finally blurted, "She’s hu a sharp scold from Mickey "No"

"Wraith--"

"I said, no!" He swore, robustly, in several languages "What kind of fked-up charin, isn’t she? Da, which was confirh Wraith shoved to his feet "Not only no, but fk no In fact, let me count the ways I can say no" He started to tick off his fingers, but Shade stood, slowly, as if he was afraid suddendeal Once it’s done, you’ll be charmed, and the Seminus Council won’t be able to punish you Even if they could, it’s not that bad"

"Not that bad? It took E a full day to recover after he popped that hippie chick’s cherry"

Deflowering humans was forbidden for most species of deinity nearly fifty years ago Guardian angels were serious tattletales, and E had been forced to endure a severe flaying by Sein had little to do with the punishment, and both his brothers knew it "I swore I would never screw a huin--"

"I know," E interrupted "But this is life or death"

Flashes of the past blinked in his head, the years he’d spent in a cage, held there by his own evil mother Innocent fee after their virginity had been taken--brutally--by the vaht them to him Vamps, since they were technically huins rule So they’d gotten off on waiting until Wraith was nearly mad with lust, and then they’d raped the fee, and sat back to watch and wait

Even now, eighty years later, he still broke out in a cold shen he thought about it Going through the s’genesis was supposed to have et Not care No such luck

"Who is this chick? Why is she char desperately to outrace his nervous energy "And how did you find her?"

E closed the book he’d been reading "Long story But between Geet a bead on Serena"

Mickey nuzzled Wraith’s ear, as though trying to comfort him "I wouldn’t think inforrunts"

"Tay isn’t exactly a grunt" E leaned back in his desk chair, looking annoyed

No, Tayla was definitely runt She headed up the New York City cell of slayers, and since taking coone down, and so had deile truce had been declared between the New York cell and peaceful demons, which left the slayersout the harmful species In addition, the friendly deive up intel The symbiotic relationship had worked well so far, but with the unrest in the deain on shaky ground

Wraith rubbed his palm over his face "I don’t like this I need to think about it"

"You don’t have ti else you need to know" He trailed his finger along the gold-embossed spine of the book in front of him "She was bitten by a Mara before she was charress rapidly, and she’ll die"

Wraith paused ain "This is such bullshit I’ this"

"You have to--"