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Now that he knew just hoerful this bullet was, he’d be holding onto it

Curious, Az glanced at her "Did it hurt you to touch it?"

"No" Jade shook her head She slipped away and headed toward the bathroom to wash the blood from her hands

The bullets didn’t burn huhtstand He’d have to find out just what special hell was in that bullet

Huh Maybe it was hell Literally It seeotten particularly vicious and inventive with their attacks lately Even going so far as to use Angel’s Dust against each other

Angel’s Dust The Other weren’t talking about a drug when they na to the actual dust that was left behind when an angel’s wings burned away A few enterprising paranored to catch or find so it--with deadly consequences

The s could be very, very potent

So now, angels appeared to be the main course on the menu--because everyone wanted that special kick of power Like there needed to be another reason for the Other to go after his kind

Az looked up and found Jade’s intense stare on him "Tell e of the bed

She’d asked before He hadn’t answered This tiels weren’t allowed to lie

But he wasn’t exactly an angel, not anymore

"Those marks on your back, the ones that cut across your shoulders" She leaned forward and traced a fingertip over the left scar--a scar thathad once been

When she touched his scar, a shock of pleasure stole through his body The pleasure was so intense that he shuddered

"Az?"

Her fingers were lightly caressing the scar

The wings were always the el’s body, and even the scars still maintained that enhanced sensitivity So when she touched hiht--want more