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She knehat I was asking "I’m really okay"

"You look like you’re in pain Coht me on this"

For a ue, which caused rin "Pretty h a wall"

I breathed around the flash of anger, telling e face," as Kat would say Carefully, I touched her sides and let the healing begin "Well, I need you back to perfection, because Dee’s probably going to hit you again"

Kat winced "Do I even want to knohy?"

"Sit still," I said "I told her we got married She’s happy, but she wants to punch you because she didn’t get to be a part of it"

"Oh" She laughed and then cringed "Was she happy about it? I mean, was she okay?"

"Of course" As the heat of h Kat, her eyes drifted shut and her cheek ended up on my shoulder I liked it Kind of ainst me "She’s thrilled, actually Just wait until I tell her we plan on doing the big, real cerehed softly, this ti my hand to cup her cheek, I took care of the bruises there "She’s in there with Archer now," I said

Kat sighed "He’s not a bad guy"

"He’s an Origin"

She rolled her eyes "Archer uy, and he cares about her, Daemon He really does, and he’s been worried about her this entire tiood for her, so--"

"I’ht nohen she’sWell, she’s got a lot going on in her head that she’s dealing with"

Kat’s eyes searched mine, and then she smiled broadly The blood on her chin didn’t deter from the beauty of it, but I s it away "Wow I’m sort of proud of you, Daemon"

"Don’t be too proud, because I still don’t like him"

"You knohat I think?" She lowered her voice as if she were sharing a secret "I think you do like Archer, and you just don’t want to ades of a bromance to end all broain, and silence stretched out between us as aze drifted over her face I started to lean in, but the sound of a car rolling up the long driveway forced us apart It was Lore’s car

"Uh-oh," I ed "We’ve destroyed his house"