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CHAPTER EIGHT

"Remember the plan," Tanner said as he braked the car at the end of the old dirt road The thick, sloping trees of the swaht "I take in Azrael, and you" He pointed to Heather, "You take in Jade"

Jade’s heart slaun tucked into the back of her jeans, and she’d taken the liberty of strapping a knife to her right ankle Az hadn’t taken any weapons

Too confident

And his hands were currently cuffed Just for show, of course, because even though the cuffs were supposed to be some sort of Other-proof trinket that Heather had pulled out of her box of tricks, Az had snapped free of them earlier in about two seconds

A test breakaway To make sure he’d be able to ditch the cuffs when the real action ca, soon

"Wait until he coo charging up to him Brandt can move faster than any other shifter I’ve ever seen If we attack first, the gaonna be over for us all"

Because the plan was for Az to wait until Brandt cah to touch

Az would do his thing and the nightmare would end

So they hoped

"We all know the plan," Heather h times by now"

Yeah, they had

Tanner exhaled "Alright Let’s do this" Jade wondered if he knew that his voice trembled The cop was scared You didn’t need a shifter’s senses to smell his fear

Tanner and Heather clilanced at Az After the fury of sex and pleasure, she wasn’t sure what to say Except"Please be careful" A hollow ache filled her gut She’d never planned on Az Wasn’t even sure what she felt for him, but she knew that she didn’t want to lose hierous"

Az cocked his head and studied her Then he lifted his cuffed hands Touched her cheek "You were my first"