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I took a deep breath and pulled her sweater up her back a few inches so I could see her skin The lines of the tattoo I’d been hoping to see were visible iht around her sides and past the waistline of her jeans

"Is it there?" Bishop asked

A sh ht one"

She stared at me with confusion "An imprint? What’s an imprint?"

I nodded and returned her sweater to its previous position "Soht in just a minute" I looked into her blue eyes and the fear I felt for her must have been reflected there The panic instantly returned to her gaze

Her breath ca to do to h n of reluctance for what he had to do Soled with sanity and needed help froentle And he didn’t need any help right now He was a warrior who didn’t flinch when it ca action

He nudged irl’s eyes A coldness moved over his face that scareda coer into her chest without another ave out at the same time hers did

It’s the ritual, I told myself over and over She’s not huel could get their h the invisible barrier and into Trinity was to temporarily die--provided that death caer did so and restored their forain with the saer, however, it would kill theround of the alley with the dagger sticking out of her chest

"That was so awesome," Roth breathed

"You’re sick," I snarled at hier out of her chest when Bishop didn’t reach for it first

My ain "I need to talk to you, Bishop Alone Now"

"Uh-oh," Kraven said "Somebody’s in trouble"

"Fine" Bishop nodded to the left "Let’s go over there"

"Need a chaperone?" Kraven asked "Wouldn’t want her to get any ideas Maybe fake lare in his direction "Stay here and watch over the girl"

"Eat me"

Apparently, Bishop took that as a "yes, I’ll stay here and watch over the girl" He led me to a spot farther down the alley and just around the corner I cast a last glance at the blonde now lying as if dead on the pave for her to wake up again