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CHAPTER ONE

(Sa a throat clear, I slowly turnedva down atmy mate, Jared Michaels was my co-commanderand he didn’t look happy, which was totally understandable given the circu his very iift, and noas in seriously deep shit As Jared’s twin brother and fellow vayou ho, Jared was still unfairly edible He had a dark, raw irl feel drunk

I flashed hietic smile It had no effect

"This isn’t the first ti would be pointless, considering that our bond would allow him to sense it – a bond that had developed ere joined through a va was so e; the powerful bond that formed between the couple could only be broken by death, even if the couple no longer cared for each other So, in addition to having a brail-like tattoo where a wedding ring ht have been, I now also had an extra sense; it was solely focused on Jared, allowing s such as his vitals, his thirst level, and his mood I didn’t need the bond to alert me of his currentthat he aiting impatiently for an answer to his question, I quietly admitted, "No"

He folded his ar has this been going on?"

"Not long"

"Define ‘not long’"

I shrugged "A week, believable"

His snappy co his head fro, he hadn’t liked Jared at all Thankfully, though, Dexter had gradually warmed up to him as he came to understand that Jared was as equally protective of me as he was Still, Dexter would bite hiht Jared was any threat to iven that Dexter’s preternatural venom could cause temporary blindness, mental disorientation, and then muscle paralysis Two bites at one ti pain followed by death Sweet

Wes, as the Sire of the Grand High Master Va his pictures coe of a snake on my arm, it automatically became a tattoo that could beco cobra, a black arter snake Wes had named the hybrid breed ‘Strikers’ due to how fast they attacked An aed colour with their mood At the moment, Dexter was jet black – which we had learnedso from me," continued Jared, not in the least bit daunted by Dexter’s shift in er There wasn’t ure out what it was"

"Look, I’ain," I proht you had better self-control"