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He sighed with irritation "I’m far too powerful for you to break free Not even a millennia-old demon can trace fronorant, little girl"

Her widened eyes narrowed to slits "Little girl? I’ve never been a little girl"

When she stilled, his irritation turned to baffle, but slower "Irip

Face gone even paler, eyes even darker, she smirked at his disbelief

He’d never known a varee

"I’m more powerful than I look, little boy," she purred "I’ll reutyou" Then she disappeared

Jo had heard of coffee dates gone wrong, but seriously? What a prick!

After ghosting fro into the opposite wall of the courtyard

She meant what she’d said; she intended to ht she would discover more about his world

About my world

This dude was old--holy shit, was he old!--so he would have answers

Already she’d learned she was a vampire, and there were others Dark fey and nymphs and demons existed

On an abomination scale, a mortal turned vaht? Hey, Thaddie, I’ain she wondered if she would live to be thousands of years old The thought depressed her

Rune spun in place, his face a e he’d used earlier, then adjusted his bow over his shoulder He gazed up at the sky, as if to gauge ti from one lamppost to another

For hours, she watched as he checked every backstreet, pausing, and then seeone far afield from the Quarter but were alht had started

At one point, he’d launched his fist into the brick wall of an abandoned building The force hurtled the two-story structure onto its side, as if he’d knocked it off its feet Without a look back, he’d storth unbelievable

Studying Rune raised even more questions Was it this important to imprison her? Were his memories that valuable? And for that matter, could she dream them as a cosaş?