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Opening it, she slid in a straw she’d concealed down the side of a knife sheath and held the drink to his lips “Sip,” she ordered before he could take a long draw “It’s Illiu, he took a drink and went, “Whoa”
“Yeah, that’s what I said Lots of angels drinking and flying today—I hope none of thehed “Alcohol wears off very fast in angelic bodies I don’t think it has any effect on angels as old as Aodhan and Illiu” She cut Izak off when he became a touch too smiley “Let’s wait for it to wear off on you before you have the rest” Baby that he was, half a bottle was clearly plenty for Izzy
“Janvier told me Titus is here”
Elena leaned in close “You didn’t hear it fro in the street, kissing a different willing wo to wake up the next day with a surreal memory she’d probably put down to toothis to such tender ears”
“What?” His eyes went huge “I want to know”
Far too adorable It was ridiculous “Well,” she said in a conspiratorial tone, “I’h in the sky tonight” Anyone who had a telescope pointed up toward the stars ?” A s, because he was clearly still feeling the effects of Illium’s concoction, she patted his face “You’ll have plenty of opportunities to seduce and be seduced, Izzy”
“Can I havehalf to hi to flutter shut by the end, and when she rose to her feet, he was in a peaceful sleep Pressing a kiss to his cheek, she glanced at the doorway to see Keir exchanging an intiel’s hand was curved around the side of Keir’s neck, his head bent toward Keir’s shorter and h before he slipped out of the warrior’s hold and into the infir Elena, he came over “You look puzzled, Ellie”
“I ae—“it was a woman” And he, without a doubt, had stubble burn on the dusky skin of his throat right now Whichfrisky only seconds before she saw him; Keir was too old for the entle, he said, “I have been alive thousands of years, have learned that love does not alear a single face” A warmth in his eyes “Ah, but it will for you, will it not?”
“Yes” Raphael was her heart, would always be her heart “So, you’re a player?” She sighed “All this tile friends, like that sweet squadron leader”
His laugh soft, he allowed his wing to brush hers “If I could find what you have with Raphael, I would stop playing Until then, I will share pleasure with smaller loves—perhaps even your rather lovely squadron leader” Reaching down to tug a blanket over Izzy, he said, “The boy is doing well I think he is even more in love with you, however”
“A little cake and punch and everybody loveshiel as doith severed legs, but was able to sit up on her own She had a drink in her hand and a plate of goodies on the table next to her “This celebration was a wonderful idea, Ellie”
Before the battle, none of the squadron but Izak had called her Ellie It was a welcos?” she said, able to ask as she could a fellow hunter
“It hurts, but the injuries are healing faster than anticipated” The wo with two other wounded fighters, one an angel, the other a vampire “The sire is responsible for that”
Elena didn’t nod, didn’t need to Raphael’s ability to heal re days, so to Keir, what Raphael was doing wasn’t healing as he knew it Keir’s current theory was that Raphael was sharing power