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He crossed slowly to her His steps see"

Her lip trembled "You’d damn well better not"

She cared He could see that She was the only woers, still bloody, brushed over her cheek "Youyou s that I shouldn’t" The emotions seemed to rip him apart The lust The need

But there was more

He wanted to be by her side in the darkness Wanted to hear her laugh Jade didn’t laugh enough Didn’t flash her real s had it been since he’d seen that wink of her di

What would she look like when she was truly happy? Would her green eyes shine?

Would he ever find out?

"It’s your lucky day, Az" Saaze off Jade

He saw his brother stride toward him from the direction of the back offices Saer "Mateo’s in town"

Tension tightened his body Mateo wasn’t just a witch He was a caller, the hybrid son of a crossroads spirit and a witch who’d wanted too much power You had to be careful when you dealt with Mateo, because sometimes, the payaze slid to Jade The last thing he wanted was for her to get too close to Mateo If Sam had been curious about her powers, then Mateo would sure as hell be fascinated And having Mateo fascinated wasn’t a good thing

"Oh, no," Jade said as she pointed at hi to ditch uy"

"You don’t want to be on his radar," Az told her "Stay here Sa now?" Salance at his brother He’d burned and bled for the guy back in Mexico, so he figured Sa ether, reo with him, you’ll pay a price"

"Fine" She barely spared Salance "Then I’m ready to pay Az is in thisto save my life"

One side of Sam’s mouth hitched into a smile "Isn’t he the hero"

"Yeah, he is--toby your side," Jade continued, voice and face determined "So deal with it If either one of you tries to toss ain"