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"Really, Darius?" I asked in a dry voice "I could have prevented that"

His hard body peeled away froh so he could look down on my face I’d probably have a few bruises fro padded clothes if he planned to keep this up

People around us were slowly unfurling fro their hands away froe blast Thankfully, that e hadn’t had the power to pull it off

"I tried to prevent this reaction," he said, stepping away Not far enough, though His hands lingered on my hips He shook his head, small movements, and confusion drew a crease between his brows "I’one deeper than that I don’t knohat’s happening to me"

He sounded lost Dare I say vulnerable? I was pretty sure those ee of i theent voice

I patted his aroes away Hopefully it does, for both of our sakes Because you are cutting intoa human also cuts intoa human in your eyes, am I? Wow You must really hate e"

"There he is--the vampire who stole my mark" I pushed past hi on each other, speaking in hushed voices The scream of sirens sounded outside the bar The wo She’d gotten her just dessert Beard had rolled to the side and was clasping his head Mustache was gone

"Where the hell did you go?" Callie de over to aze down et cover Are you okay?"

"Darius to the rescue" I shooed her away "I’m fine Is Dizzy okay?"

"Darius to the rescue?" Callie eyed Darius suspiciously

"I’ from the bar The bartender was on the phone "We were prepared They were lackluster bullies, at best Just uild We’ve seen a few of those in our ti to say it was a terrorist, but their ht form a posse"

"Screw their friends," Callie and I said at the sao I don’t want to be seen at this crime scene any more than I did at the first one" I looked back toward the bathrooms "Let’s use the back door"

"What was the first crime scene?" Callie asked

"I’ll explain later C’ as the first policeh the door More than a few people rushed out the back door with us

"What now?" Callie asked as we hurried along the alleyway

"Tonight we need to get back to the hotel, but toes responsible for su the demon and squeeze the inforame These last two days have seemed like a week It’s time to end it"

Chapter Twenty-Two

I stepped out of the shower and glanced through the opened sliding doors at the s Blackness still coated the sky, barely allowing a few points of light for tenacious stars that would not be conquered