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She could live with that Feral as he was, there was so about Naasir He truly was like a wild tiger; he ht bite her hand, but only if she threatened him At least now that he’d decided not to ed his plate toward Ash, as seated on his other side Elena watched, wondering what the other hunter would do Not blinking, Ash reached out and took a piece of cooked nored in favor of the raw cubes Naasir smiled and continued to eat

Ash clearly knew the vaiven that the team of three “shadows” had spent days behind enemy lines with only one another for colanced at her

“To what?” He bit off a chunk of meat, cheith relish

“To what you are,” she said, her curiosity as acute now as it had been the first instant she recognized he wasn’t a nor of hiht drink blood but, as his diet showed, it was hardly enough to sustain hirinned and took a sip of the rich red liquid in his wineglass “You can ask rin on his other side, Elena considered how strongly he ht now—and decided to tie him down “Will you answer?”

“Yes”

She wasn’t about to fall for that “Will you answer truthfully?”

Naasir flashed his fangs at her “I’ll give you at least two truthful answers”

Elena decided that was better than nothing “Are you the only one of your kind?” she asked, conscious of not only Ash but others around the in

“Yes”

She examined his extraordinary eyes, his sly half smile, his body posture—and had absolutely no idea if he was lying or not Da her shoulders to face hihter across the table, she said, “Are you part of the tiger family?” His scent, it was so wild she could alrasses where a striped predator ht hide

Naasir leaned in so close his nose brushed hers “No,” he said with a playful snap of his teeth

Elena wanted to strangle hie his expression, separate truth froive up “Are you a valass, the dark ruby of it swirling with secrets “No”

“I think I could be driven to bite you,” she“Enough?”

“No I have three questions left” Shooting a death glare at Dmitri when he asked her if she needed assistance, all false solicitousness, she turned her attention back to Naasir “Do you truly eat people?”