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“Then why is he atte to skip out on his Contract?” Only the els Especially when the resulting punishments were known to be pitiless Ashould’ve felt sorry for the vaht back to face punishment except that no one had to choose vah, it was your responsibility to keep it

After all, there were no take-backs when it came to the near-immortality bestowed in return for the hundred years of Contracted service

“Bill Smith thinks he found a loophole,” De to the certified letter he left his angel And there one look “Us poor males don’t stand a chance” Gloves on, he left with a quick laughing salute, proe them if he did in fact pick up Bill Smith at the bus station

Alone with Honor, Ashwini said, “D?” They’d talked after Honor’s return to the city, but her friend continued to adjust to her new life

“It is a bit weird, realizing I’et all the tih the surprise of it all over again” She snuck a taste of Ashwini’s chocolate milk “But no one’s treated me any different—at the Guild, I mean I orried about that, you know?”

“Idiot” Only way a hunter lost his or her right to the loyalty of her brethren was if she betrayed them “You do realize you’ll now be a hunter for eternity?”

Honor’s smile turned her eyes an incredible jeweled shade that was breathtaking, her immortality unmistakable at that instant “I’m happy, Ash Happier than I’ve ever been Dmitri” A shake of her head “I don’t have the words”

“You don’t need them” Ashwini had sensed the soul-deep connection between Honor and Dether As if two broken halves of a whole had found their way to each other, and in the process healed the fractures in one another

Soht Janvier could do the same for her, if only she’d let him in

Honor closed her hand over Ashwini’s where it lay on the table, the two of theh that the other woman wasn’t threatened by her abilities Ashwini, in turn, had no proble with Honor’s touch Even with the horror she’d suffered, Honor was Honor, no ugly surprises, just an old, old soul The nightmares that had torone, vanquished by a fierce spirit that had chosen love over darkness

“It’s a wonderful thing, Ashand you can have it with Janvier He adores you”

“I know” It was a rasp of sound, the need inside her a vast emptiness

She adored him, too

And because she did, she had to find a way to tell hih-rise, the snow having passed, Elena looked at the architect cu it to the Legion’s specifications “Can you do so her lips, the stunning ebony-skinned valanced down at the flat surface “I could, but if you’re wanting to ht, I say we take off the entire roof and replace it with glass”

“Can we do that?” Adrenaline shot through Elena “Structurally, I mean?”