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"Goddalanced at Novo, she was already taking her forty out Peyton was the sa toward Elise

"I’ll take care of her," the male announced

"No, she’s my responsibility--"

"She’s my cousin--"

"Will you two cut it out--"

The three of the thing to do, because down at the end of the alley, the lesser, who had previously had no concrete direction, glanced their way

And then started co to do this--"

Axe’s bonded oddamn there with a roar to rival Godzilla’s--proof positive that whatever civilized veneer vahtly biz, at their heart, they were aniic when pushed

Especially the males

Peyton’s shock was obvious, but there was no ti The slayer, previously on the approach to tease out whether they were hu others in for backup

Axe put Elise behind him "Stay with un There were three slayers now, and--

"One at six," Novo barked

Snapping his head around, Axe cursed "Peyton--"

"Yeah, I’ ranks around her, as Axe got his phone out and tried to text--

"Go into Contacts," he said as he thrust his phone back at his female "Text the Brothers"

A trio of lessers Humans everywhere Elise in the middle

This was the definition of a cluster-fuck

FORTY-THREE

Rhage was losing hismind

As he and Mary sat in the billiards rooen: Wrath and Beth were taking a breather with LW down in Manhattan; Phury was up at Rehv’s Great Camp in the Adirondacks with the Chosen; V, Z, Tohr, and Butch were at the Audience House with Bitty and that uncle of hers along with Marissa--and Lassiter was riding sunshine shotgun on the little girl’s shoulder Meanwhile, iAm, Trez, and Rehv were in town at shAdoWs and Sal’s, with Rehv helping the Shadows optiht And he hadn’t seen any of the young bucks since First Meal

It was as if the coe checked his Rolie again "How er can it take?"