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Dante slugged him before he could finish the insult "Pandora Kouti-Pontis isother than extreme reverence in your tone, you piss ed to you Believe ain, I’ll end all your proble in the Grandstand Lounge with Acheron, his daughter deods while they waited for Dante’s return

This had to be the oddestan extreods and Acheron were telling Pandora stories about how they’d all met Dante

Apparently her mate had quite a rambunctious club that catered to all ods and Acheron made routine visits there

Zurvan, ent by the naod of tiantly dressedhe was Acheron

Ariod Ariod who had had theAtlantis at the time the continent was destroyed He’d been in hu woman, and as a result, he was now trapped in huod powers except immortality

He wasn’t happy about it either

"I really wish one of you would take mercy on me and fix me or kill me," Ariman said for the fifth time since he had joined them at their table

Cas rolled his eyes, then turned toward Acheron "I think we ought to banish him from our presence so we can’t hear hihed

"You’re such--" Ariman’s words broke off as he spotted the wo tape "Later" He bolted after the wo to learn, is he?"

Ash took a drink of beer before he responded "Be grateful he doesn’t It gives us endless hours of a hi how screwed up yours is, that says soo there," Ash said, his eyes flashing red before they returned to their spooky swirling silver shade

Sos

"Pandora?"

She froze at the sound of a voice she never thought to hear again Afraid she was hearing things, she turned to see her sister Sefia running up to her

Pandora shot to her feet to throw her arood to be real! "What are you doing here, Sef?"

"Your ht me," she said as tears poured down her cheeks "He o Now it’s up to us if ant to return to our mates or not"

Pandora was stunned as she looked past her sister to see Dante and his brothers approaching at a much more sedate pace

"Dante?" she asked as he stopped by her side

He shrugged nonchalantly as if he hadn’t just given her the i to their feured you’d rather travel with your own female kind than with mine"

She still couldn’t believe he’d done this He had formed a new pack of female panthers for her to roam with "What about the pact they made with our pack?"

"It’s dissolved," Dante said "If they pull anyto send the committee"

"Damn, Dante," Cas said from behind her "That’s harsh Last time you turned your brothers loose on a pack, they left no "

"I know" Dante looked back to her "And so do they Your sister and her friends are all safe now"

Pandora threw her arms around his shoulders and held hiently

Pandora turned back to Sefia as another thought occurred to her "What about your children?"

"Their father is raising the eyes "Yourfor us to stay and be pa as we like"

"And we volunteered to guard theood idea?" Pandora asked Dante After all he and Romeo had said about the twins, she wasn’t sure whether having theuards would be a help or a hindrance

Dante’s face mirrored her skepticism "I personally don’t think so, but Roe number of the fe after the filking fiasco," Leo said irritably "There weren’t any naked wo about Star Trek and Romulan brew It really pissed us off"

Pandora had to stifle her laughter

"Are you going to come with us?" Sefia asked "Pandora felt a lottiari panther at DragonCon…"

There shouldn’t be a choice

So why did she feel this way?

"It’s entirely up to you," Dante said quietly "I told you I wouldn’t interfere with your freedo her hand "We’re going to have a lot of fun"

Dante’s face was completely stoic and yet she sensed his sadness

"I’ll be back soon," Pandora promised him