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Five e of the woods She saw the gleareen tarp to hide this prize She grabbed that faded tarp and yanked It fleay to reveal the heavy frame of a motorcycle

Someone had left a backup plan behind She started to slanced over her shoulder

No Az No other vengeful Death Angel co somewhere?" Az’s deep voice demanded

She juaze back around, following the sound of his voice He was in front of the bike, head cocked, arms folded over his chest

Her breath came back, only to be expelled in a fast rush "I justI thought I saw this"--she waved her hand toward the ured I’d check it out" Her gaze held his and refused to drop, even when that too-intense stare searched hers

"You’re lying to me"

Okay, some shifters were supposed to be able to pick up on lies, els have some built-in lie detector, too? She didn’t think so

"No, I’h this

His s to just drive away and leave me?"

The darkness was even more intense in him today

She reached for his hand "No, I want us to both get the hell out of here" Unhallowed ground Translation--ground they needed to fking get away fro some kind of bad mojo on Az, and she wanted her hero back

She sure didn’t want to deal with his bizarro dark side

He glanced down at her hand She followed his gaze Her skin seeolden

"I dreamed about you"

She sed Okay, dreaood, they were--

"You died in my arms"

Dreams sucked When his stare returned to her face, Jade tried to s dreaels, they do"

Her ses will take their last breath We know of theher hand and stroking his fingers over the back of her knuckles "I’ve taken thousands of lives Never hesitated even once Not like Keenan"