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Marsden’s nostrils flared, the dia"

The de for a visit Nate waited for the hatred to sear him from the inside, but instead, his chest cavity filled with ice, and his entire body went so cold he shivered Fade was the reason Nate had infiltrated the club’s organization in the first place He’d waited for decades to destroy the bastard, had gained his trust while growing stronger and a a fortune at the demon’s expense

Nate’s hatred had eaten him alive for decades, but now it seemed that the hatred had been replaced by apathy Once upon a time, Fade had killed the love of Nate’s life, and it was now beco obvious that the demon had also killed Nate He searched deep inside himself in an attempt to find a flicker of life, but there wasn’t even a spark

He Was Dead

Chapter 2

Inco and brought her to life like nothing else As a nurse at the only hospital that catered to vaot to see things she’d never encounter at a human facility and, as with most medical people, the ot

It wasn’t as if she liked seeing anyone hurt, especially not the young of any species But she’d inherited the eon at this very hospital

Until he was tortured and killed by The Aegis, a society of human demon slayers who called themselves Guardians and made it their mission to rid the planet of evil

Lena had been bitter, but not for long Her father, though he’d been good to her, had walked a sinister path, and she was surprised the slayers hadn’t killed him sooner She’d also learned to like a few Guardians, including one who used to work at Underworld General but now ran The Aegis, and one as mated to the hospital’s chief of staff

And speak of the incubus, Eidolon, a dark-haired, iency departloves froloved up as she spoke "Male shifter, unknown breed Found like the others, with multiple wounds, no vitals when the paraot him jump-started"

Eidolon smirked "What were Shade’s exact words?"

Shade, Eidolon’s brother in charge of the hospital’s paraiven her all the technical jargon, but only after his s," she said, doing her best Shade ih a wood chipper"

One dark eyebrow arched "That’s ht at the a the around lot Before the doors opened, Eidolon turned to her, lowering his voice "Did the seruh her veins turned to sludge, and she absently rubbed the spot on the back of her hand where she’d given herself the injection

"No" She cleared her voice to rid it of the sudden hoarseness "I didn’t shift"

Pity dulled Eidolon’s espresso eyes "I’ on it"

He didn’t say anything more What was there to say? Sorry you’re a freak who can’t shift into your ani that works on everyone else? Sorry you’re going to go insane and die?

Over the years, she’d been through therapy and lessons, desperate to shift into her furry form before she turned twenty-four, when the inability to shift would kill her Yesterday, on her twenty-fourth birthday, she’d injected a drug Eidolon had developed as a catalyst for those who couldn’t shift any other way It hadn’t worked She was a failure a her father wasn’t alive to see how, very soon, she’d lose her grip on reality and grow violent before finally dying in agony Shifters with her proble twenty-four, and she’d already startedoff days on the calendar So much time wasted So much more she’d wanted to do

This really sucked

The ER doors whooshed open, and Shade and his partner, a olf named Luc, wheeled in a bloody male on a stretcher As they hurried the patient to a roo an i school for a couple of years, but she knew a goner when she saw one

The acrid stench of death clung to thisto a halt as Shade and Luc lifted the patient onto a table