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Rage rolled in like a thunderstor into his skull His feet wereHe tore off across the wiry grass, each step parting the wispy tendrils of fog that skiround

"Release her," he roared Enric stepped back, but the other, Baine, gripped her tighter Sin took instant advantage of having a free arroin Baine fell to the ground, one hand clutching his face, the other cupping his balls Enric struck out at Sin, but Con, his blood still running hot, tackled hi to kill Enric for touching Sin He was going to rip his--

"Con!" Sin grabbed his ar his attack as the CouncilBody still wired for battle and cla to turn his fellow dha someone made a move on hi over her shoulders and onto the black leather sleeveless top she wore A savage light glinted in her equally black eyes, as well as so that called to the ht the scent of her blood, hunger

He should have stepped away from her Instead, he closed the distance between them "You shouldn’t be here" "I had to find you" She licked her lips, the pink tip of her tongue catching the blood in the corner of her aze zeroed in on the action, and his loins filled with heat and his fangs pulsed, and he felt hi, cck hardening

He barely ie" She spoke on a whispered breath, her face tilted upward, and he wanted to kiss her, claied backdrop where his people had beenyour freedo Con’s attention "Get her out of here" Raynor reached for Sin, and oh, hell no Con put his bared He didn’t say a damned word Didn’t need to Raynor backed off, but hatred blazed in his eyes Icy, ancient hatred that Con had no explanation for, but right now he didn’t give a shit

Wheeling around, he gripped Sin’s arroup Gods, her skin was hot in his palroin "You need to leave" His voice was guttural, barely controlled "Now"

"No" She dug in her heels and jerked them both to a halt

He blinked "No?"

"I…" Her gaze dropped to the ground and she shifted her weight, and suddenly he was struck by a blast of need that came off her in an atomic shock wave "It’s time I… I need you" Fierce male pride made him puff up like a rooster "You don’t need , doing that public thing he said he’d never do "You could have anyone if that were the case You want me"

She snorted, an auto her appearance, and once again, he felt like a bastard "Yes, okay? I want you I know you have that"--she lowered her voice--"issue, but we can find a way around it You don’t have to bite ht, and suddenly he could hear the pu rapids through her vessels, and, around hi in

"Back away froer in his hand, and he was focused on Sin The icy fingers of déjà vu wrapped around Con, strangling his of his father, the Dhampire Council had taken a hard stand on addiction

No more attempts at rehabilitation

They killed the source, which killed the cravings Con hadn’t lied when he’d told Sin he was responsible for Eleanor’s death He just hadn’t killed the leopard-shifter feh the brain ste with her

Con pushed Sin behind hiate "I’ll handle this, Bran" "You know the law," the big male said

"I will handle this"

"See that you do," Bran said, as he ran his finger along the edge of the blade "Or I will"

Sin had no clue what that craziness had been all about, but she kept her ate, kept her ate opened up into London’s east end, kept her mouth shut as he stiffly led her to a flat half a block away