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Paige sley’s mine" Then she slapped her hand over his chest and he screa seemed to ripple down her arley was finally nothing but a cluht and released a deep, cleansing sigh

When she didn’t hit the ground crying out in sheer agony at the breaking of her blood-bond to hiley was your Sire"

"He was," she replied

"I cut their bond a long tio," said Ie

"That hy Langley hadn’t been able to track Paige," Ioff the aze was darting in all directions, clearly noticing what I’d already sensed Everyone was now circling us, watching intently The battle was over His vampires were dead He was the only one left…and there was absolutely no way that he was getting out of this alive

At hing huuess you’re very pleased with yourself, aren’t you, Jared?"

"Pleased that a lot of lives were lost tonight? No, far froht "Ready for me, Jared? Think you can take me?"

Yeah, I did, but…"Whatever aze narrowed and he stilled "You want me dead"

"Sure I do And I will kill you But I never said that I’d do you the honour of duelling with you"

Covington gahile the asped

"Ouch," said Harvey "Now that’s cold" His voice was approving

He was right; it was cold to deprive someone of a duel It said that they weren’t worth the effort "Why would I duel with sority? You tried to take Antonio’s position, and you tried to take The Hollow You like to get things the easy way, like to cheat So tell htforward duel, knowing that you’ll cheat? What would be the point?"

My peripheral vision picked up the crowd parting, and that hen I sensed Sa towards h our bond that she was fine, but seeing her alive and unharton’s eyes found her, and he grunted "Still alive, little hybrid? What a shaht that Dana and Eloise would take care of you"

She didn’t answer until she reached my side "They tried – bless their little hearts Dana’s not actually dead yet But Dexter’s venom will take care of that within the next twenty h You can thank Joy for that"

I frowned, totally confused "Joy?"

Sam smiled up at me "She had a score to settle"