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"Only the other Old World leaders and Abigail," I said, glancing at Eli He nodded, confirht line Uh-oh

"Then I think this place is as safe as any," Jesse finished

"Scarlett, can we talk?" Eli broke in, giving me a relationship look

"Yeah Of course" I put downI was about to make a donation "Jesse"

He nodded and picked up his paper plate "I’ to step outside and call one of ht?"

"Yeah," Eli said "She’s got the IV going, and there’s no handle on the inside of that door"

"Okay, thanks" Jesse gave ood luck and left the roo with the effort not to run over and grab me Werewolves rely on touch a lot, and it had becoh he was currently human, he needed to hold me to knoas okay At the same time, we’d had a few conversations about how I a to respect my space

It eet I went around the counter and threw ht It hurt both of my injuries to raise my arms like that, but he needed to see that I was okay "I’m fine, really," I told hi"

And I did

Chapter 22

Okay, I soft-pedaled the part where I got shot, and I conveniently left out throwing a knife to scare Jesse’s brother and , I may have made it sound like the bikers had been ar, so Jesse shot the boundary witch, figuring she ht come back from the dead like the one he knows in Colorado," I finished "And we brought her here because we needed a place to contain her where the bad guys wouldn’t find us Bad guy," I corrected myself "Hopefully there’s only one archvillain left If you don’t count the bikers, who are probably just hiredatI let hi away sandwich supplies I got a Diet Coke and a regular Coke out of the fridge, went back to the counter, and set the regular soda in front of Eli

"We’re going to co your life in danger," he said tightly "But letthis A vampire and a boundary witch came to town to frame Molly You killed andbody-snatched the witch, the va new baby vaht because you can’t actually prove any of this until the witch wakes up, assuht?"

"Wow," I said with genuine ad fro"

He opened his mouth to respond, but Jesse ca his cell phone in his pocket "Good news, finally," he declared "I described the tattoo to my friend at the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Departs"

I had been taking a sip of ed to not spit it out, the carbonation went upfollohile Eli thumped s? Were they run by an eleven-year-old?