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I groaned, putting my hands up to my ears to block out his voice… but the voice was inside my head… It was Graeme… but he was inside… and I had to block him out, but the more I tried the more I realized… the voice is yours, Jane

The voice was mine And I did want it… I was his slut, his fuck toy, to be used and discarded, and only his pleasure mattered because his pleasure was ly cold blue eyes were right in front of me, so I crawled forward, toward him… your lover…

… my lover…

And then his hands were in my hair as he jerked my head up so that I knelt in front of him Gus’s snored until, with a negligible flick of his wrist, Grae the stone spirit aith his power

In that second, his power divided by Gus’s assault, Graeled, hard, suddenly re but s happened

The first was that Graerinned evilly as he hauledme, as I’d expected, he only whispered in h the glade like a mushroom cloud The force of her mojo shook all of us to our bones as she stood atop Gus’s boulder, peering around to get a bead on the situation

Then, with another huge outpouring of power, she apparated all of the bad guys out of her territory and, hopefully, straight to the moon

Once I knew Gus and I were safe, I used all ht

"What happened?" Nell de over to check ontellsmy knees buckle

Without Graeht So I tuht at the last second by large, strong hands

Anyan’s face washoas "He was inme what I wanted, who I was--"

"Shhh, Jane I know He can do that," Anyan said, stroking his hand across my cheek I had to remind myself that it was Anyan’s hands, not Graeme’s Then I re away frohter around me "Why didn’t you tell me he could do that? Why didn’t I know?"

"I’ me move away from him "There was so much to teach you, and so little time"

"Why did he never do that before?" I asked

"Uure out what to say "He didn’t really have to before," the bigembarrassed It took

I’d been so weak before that Graeue on the nasty retort I had waiting I was letting Graehest

But what Graeht, kept wor, I looked tohere Nell knelt over Gus What I really wanted to do was take a scrub brush and Lysol my brain But if I couldn’t do that, I wanted a distraction No ht?" I asked, even as I forcedabout what Graeme had said to me

Anyan is Anyan Graeme is Graeme And a liar, I reminded myself, even as I focused on Nell

"He’s hurt Anyan’s stabilized hiet hinoht the fuck out of this glen so I could think straight I felt like I earing Graeet away, to where I was only ain

"Yes You both ready?" she asked

I nodded and stood, as Anyan moved toward me I tensed, but didn’t let et Graeet to you

So I held still as Anyan walked to hest raised his hand I didn’t flinch when he took ers

"Are you okay?" he asked