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Brigid yelled, "Carwyn, stop!"

He snarled and did not release the va still, staring into Carwyn’s face with a kind of detached calht as well have pushed against a cliff, for all the good it did

Brigid whirled to the door, where Tom, Declan, and Jack were poised and ready to strike

She brought flames to her hands and her eyes burned "Stop! Everyone, just stop right now!"

Finally, Carwyn growled, "Your heart I heard your heart racing Who scared you? What did he do?"

She took a deep breath "I wasn’t scared, Carwyn"

"But--"

"It wasn’t fear that made my heart race"

Carwyn’s eyes flickered toward hers for a minute, confused Slowly, he set Murphy on his feet, not releasing his neck Nevertheless, Murphy glanced over at Toid heard the three vampires slowly back away

"Father, if you could release my neck, I’d be id could tell he was carefully restraining his ire Murphy was being slared at Carwyn, but the earth iid

She stood silently, lare without fear Finally, Carwyn released Murphy and walked toward her

"Not fear?" he growled around his fangs He looked brutal Feral and wild in a way she had never seen before Her temperature spiked, but she tried to keep her voice steady and her eyes on hi me"

His eyes narrowed "Not fear?"

His head ducked down to her neck, inhaling a deep breath, testing her scent Whatever was there s Long, thick Shining in his mouth like blades Carwyn’s head whipped around to Murphy’s and he snarled at him in Welsh She didn’t catch it; she’d never understood the language, despite the lessons Ioan had tried to give her

Carwyn ducked down as if to kiss her, but pulled aith a blistering anger in his eyes Murphy stepped toward theain and threw hiid was still holding her breath when Murphy walked toward her, dusting plaster from his shoulders where he’d slam going on there, I take it"

She gulped "Murphy--"