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PROLOGUE

He watched as she pulled her broken body down the alleyway She had onlyhumans would arrive to help her She fu uselessly at her side When she finally lifted it out of the way, she gingerly started to climb down the ladder Her pain filled face turned and for a ht at him Suddenly, a look of panic came over her face and she fell from view

Of course She had slipped down the ladder

Gavriel ith a start, breathing hard He sat up and tried to slow his heart His mate had miraculously survived the plued to avoid detection by the hu he lay back down Maybe if he wished hard enough he could start this day over again

He continually fought the urge to feed His upper jaas a constant ache du to his fangs lengthening He had finally gone to Aiden’s brother Adam to ask for more blood The doctor swore that he would keep his secret and had ements to triple the blood supply Yet, no er was constant and burned his stoer keep up with the others, Aiden had finally discovered the truth and assigned hi courses He couldn’t fault Aiden his decision, in his weakened state he put the whole unit at risk After the reassignment, he had come clean with his fellow unit members about his condition and they surprised hi his last transition he hadn’t been with Alpha, and had borne it alone

Knowing that the ot out of bed He couldn’t run through the drills with them but he still wanted to see what they were so that he could ot dressed androo on the opposite side of the table fro her cappuccino with her eyes closed He er Aiden shook his head and held up two Meryn was on her second cappuccino Sht peck on the cheek She opened her eyes, blinked twice, gave a sain

It seemed that lately only he and Ryuu were i wrath; it was one of the advantages to being at her sideMeryn as an insult He was disgusted with his oeakness that left hi with his unit But as the days turned into weeks he came to look forward to his tily honest and direct There was no subterfuge or hiddenand half of the one sided conversations that came out of her mouth had provided him with more entertainment than he had experienced in the past couple centuries

"Gavriel, you’re brave," Colton muttered

"Meryn adoresto the lady in question Merynher caffeine fix Ryuu walked up with another cup and placed it on the table Her eyes opened and she srumbled under his breath

"Leave him alone Aiden, he is Coffee God," Meryn warned

"I’ll be outside if you need me," Aiden said curtly and walked out the back door

"What has his panties in a bunch?" Colton asked