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"Why would you have?" she asked "My father said I was his"

"He also said you were born in huether with your inability to shift"

"Crossbreed?" Nate asked

She nodded "Apparently, my dam mated with a wolf the saht was my father Who is my father" There was a heartbeat of silence before she added, "He ood to me"

"You’ll have to tell ave hiain "So how could two different species produce offspring? And how come your other brothers are hyenas?"

Eidolon spoke up "Littermates can havein most cases, it can’t happen But hyenas are the one shifter species that can soh the cubs are usually stillborn Those who survive birth rarely live beyond infancy I’ve never heard of anyit to adulthood" He scrubbed his hand over his face "I’ll bet the fact that your father was a doctor saved your life He said you and Vaughn were sick a lot as babies Even if he didn’t knohy you were sick, he was able to treat you"

Lena’s fingers stroked the back of Nate’s hand absently "What made me finally be able to shift?"

"Adrenaline," Eidolon said "Probably co eh the block you had" A commotion started up outside the room "That’s my cue Nate, you should feed as soon as possible, and take it easy for a couple of days Other than that, you two can both take off Lena, call one, Nate jackknifed up, hauled Lena into his arms, and yanked her down on top of hiainst his "I’ she could see the intense regret in his "I’ot you into that ainst his neck "I’ killed, but because of it, I was able to shift Really, being in that arena saved my life"

"I killed your brother"

Her hand came up to cup his cheek "He’d have killed ods she was cool hat he’d done, because he wouldn’t take it back even if he could That bastard had deserved to die A sudden flare of panic shot through him as the events in the arena came back to him

"What happened to Fade? And the club ShitMarsden--"

"Marsden’s fine," she assured hio to check on you Gladius has been shut down, and Fade’s dead"

If only that were true, and the reality was like water on flame The demon would hunt Nate and Lena to the ends of the earth "He can be resurrected"

A wicked s the enized his deue until we can identify and kill his vivacant"

Daues were aweso brush of his mouth over hers "Oh, hey, I want to find that vampire I saw earlier"

"You’ll have to bewith the fangy sort"

"Tall Blond Wearing arain, this tiloss "I want to thank hiht I’d say that"

She frowned "The only male who fits that description I’ve seen isn’t a vampire He’s one of the Four Horseht"

"Seriously" Her head bobbed and her dewy skin took on an excited flush that ht have unearthed so "His nao"

Yeah, that was enough to uys are real?"