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God, he was going tomuch Why the hell hadn’t he kissed her or made love to her one last ti her soto ht without her in his arms His heart ached for her as his body screao after her and join her and say to hell with everything else, but he couldn’t

He could never leave his fa, atory na with us"

"I’m afraid that will be impossible"

Everyone looked towards the door and sniffed the air A few of them frowned, but most of them snickered as his father continued to come towards them

A female demon turned her sneer on him "This is your backup? A human?"

Chris shoved away every useless wish and thought It didn’t one

"They don’t cost

He knew the second the group realized his father wasn’t huain and inhaled deeply A fehile others tried to make a run for it

"It’s a Pyte!" one of the demons roared as he launched himself towards Ephraim

While a few of the de a run for it were coan to fire as a hollow eo away filled him

"Why the fk did you let them put her in a cell?" Eric de clearer instructions than at the young man by his side

"I was needed elsewhere and at least I knew she’d be safe," Joshua said, stepping aside so that Eric could press the code into the security pad He hit the elevator call button with a little more force than necessary as he prayed for patience

If Ephraim or Chris ever found out that Izzy had been placed in a cell they’d kill hiain if Madison found out, she’d rip his throat out, slowly He cringed at the reminder that the hor in the ain he wason or not, he couldn’t stand to see her cry

Part of him understood why he allowed her to be locked up She was a sneaky little thing after all He was still embarrassed that he’d fallen for the PMS routine

Common sense should have kicked him in the ass and reminded him that Sentinel females didn’t have PMS

or any of the human female problems, but he’d been a little stunned when she pulled that shit over him that he hadn’t been able to think clearly

"Uncle Eric!" The excited voice had the as they turned around He barely had his ar himself into his ar the little boy tightly in his arms In his last century a lot of children had come into his life, but none of theh he loved Joshua and Jill as if they were truly his niece and nephew and Chris like a brother, it was this little boy that he loved as if he were his own

As much as he would have loved to have a child it just hadn’t been in the cards for hi she was attacked by a Seneai de its victih she healed to the point that she could once again work, she was unable to conceive

After one last squeeze he put the little boy down