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Shaking his head, he adjusted his grip on the bag in his hand and grabbed his shades fros to work out She needed to learn thatto them--required both of them "Let’s rol "
They walked to the door abreast of each other
The hel of it was, Elijah understood why she’d want the distance, and he understood that it was the infor up about Charron’s kil ers that had altered her plans If she’d bothered to talk with him about it, he would’ve told her he didn’t care if she was attracted to hi could serve as a foundation for a relationship between the he’d decided he had to pursue because he couldn’t keep his hands or his mind off her
What troubled hiether after they’d sated their hunger for each other An hour during which they’d gone over the co which she hadn’t said a godda him off on someone else He’d even asked her point blank what it was she had wanted to talk to him about and she’d evaded the question with a breezy reply
As Sale to talk to him
"Where are we headed?" he asked as they stepped outside
"Seattle"
With an earsplitting whistle, Elijah stopped two Jeeps that were pul ing out of the lot He approached the first driver and asked for her team’s orders, then switched them with the team in the car behind them He tossed Raze’s orders into the ned
Then he rerammed in their contact lists
"Don’t hesitate to calEven if you just want to talk, I’m here for you"
As the two SUVs resulanced at his new partner "Noe’re going to Shreveport"
Which was apropos, since it was Nikki’s abduction froht him to Vash’s attention and vice versa Micah had been lean Elijah’s identity and location
"You think she’l co for you," the vamp surmised
He tossed his duffel in the backseat of the Jeep Raze selected No reply was necessary, so Elijah didn’t give one
"You’re holding yourself in high esteem, Alpha" Raze slid behind the wheel "But after what she did for you yesterday, I guess you have a right to"
"Mind your own business," he warned without heat "She’s safe witha sht come to like you"
"I won’t hold et that cooler to Grace" Vash jerked her chin at the red and white ice chest on Syre’s desk
He lifted the lid and frowned at the contents "What’s al this?"
"The stuff we used to transfuse Lindsay’s blood into Elijah"
Syre’s gaze met hers "You’re suspicious Because Adrian sent her instead of a bag of blood?"
"I saw his eyes when I had a knife to her throat He’d bleed for her and wouldn’t think twice So why didn’t he?" She paced "I wish I knehat she’d said to him while I was knocked out in the back of the car"
"You think she talked hi her come Why?"
"I know she did And she did it for hi she’s done been for him?"
"But wasn’t this as much about the Alpha?"
"Yeah, she came for Elijah, too" Her hands fisted and she clasped them behind her back to hide the tel tale h for Adrian to let her go There’s soave us was pretty much Adrian’s blood, filtered Why was that acceptable and not the pure stuff? I’ the cooler, Syre leaned back against his desk and tracked herthe Wraith Virus"
"Then we get someone else We need more lab rats anyway Every day that passes, the infection spreads If we don’t get a lid on this, we’re going to give Adrian the excuse he needs to take us al out We need to test lycan blood as welThe wraiths were al over Elijah They co El’s blood kil ed them I knoant a cure, but we may not have the luxury of one We e control, and if lycan blood is poisonous to them, we should know that"
"I’l look into some suitable ‘lab rat’ candidates As for lycan blood, it could be the touch of demon in them that’s the culprit"
"Wel , there’s an endless supply of deet back"
"You’re heading out?"
She stopped pacing and told hiave up this information voluntarily?" Syre crossed his arms "To the very lycan who’s weakened his position so drastical y?"
"I’ain"