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Finally A display of honest e to leave," she said

"No," he said softly, "

"Why?"

Silence

Such oppressive silence

"Try to stop ht you," she said just as softly, just asmy appetite, sunshine"

Liar! He wasn’t attracted to her He couldn’t be She was an aaround He stood, the rabbed her by the shoulders and yanked her against hihs

Any woht, even as heat invaded her veins

"I want you, and you want aze fierce

"How about I put myself out of mine?" She jerked her arasp left him, but his hold on her never wavered "Well played, sunshine Well played"

With the weapon still embedded in his neck, he picked her up and placed her on the table, uncaring about the food or the dishes He forcibly spread her legs andhers The heat in her veins intensified, and she shivered

He planted his hands beside her thighs and leaned toward her, his nose brushing against hers "Here’s how the rest of this ga to be played," he said, only to look past her and frown

When he said nothing more, she licked her lips "Tell irl

He didn’t tell her anything He straightened, though his head tilted to the side "So"

The last word had barely left his mouth when she heard someone scream

Lazarus jerked the knife out of his neck, the wound healing instantly, just as the doors to the kitchen burst open and a black fog rolled into the roo to her feet The screa intensified, but she wasn’t sure whether it ca Or both

"I don’t know" Lazarus pulled her behind hihted her The first ti like it had ever happened She latched on to his wrist and tugged hi roo pursued themand quickly reached them

Suddenly Cameo was surrounded, unable to seeand only able to hear more of those screams She couldn’t breathe, couldn’t even move

"Lazarus," she tried to cry And then her mind went blank

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

DON’T GET SICK, don’t get sick Please, please, don’t get sick