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"Noted" I struggled to breathe normally

As he rose slowly to his feet, he trailed his hands alongat my waist, an inch of bare skin between y raced between us

This was different than hi close tous It felt even erous

At this point, I couldn’t have pushed him away even if I’d wanted to And I definitely didn’t want to His spicy scent sank into h to chase the cold away, burned right into my skin

His expression tensed as he looked down to where his hands graspedyou’re a nexusI still don’t understand why it helps bring such clarity to e a whisper

His gaze h, throaty and nervous "Maybe for you"

He let go of me abruptly and stepped back The cold returned like a bucket of ice water had just been poured on "

"Of course you did It is a bad thing" He raked his hand through histhis worse for you Cassandra’s right--so are the others It’s better if I stay away I don’t knohy I can’t"

"Inconvenient addiction," I reed beast inside me, even with hiht hard to keep it locked up

"Yeah" He watched me from the shadows of my room "Very inconvenient"

I sat down heavily on the side of er It was light in weight, barely noticeable I focused on the carved hilt, runningpower across ic It had no darkness in it That

Bishop stayed silent My only indication that he hadn’t left wassteady at a level eight And a half

"How long have you been an angel of death?" I asked quietly

"Long enough"

Frustration rippled through me and I looked directly at hier, all the questions that rose up insince you died? Since Kraven died? Did you die at the sael? You said you killed him and sent him to Hell Did you know that would happen? Is that what el? Was it so his hands flat on the pane as he looked outside to the street His shoulders were tense "I can’t talk about these things"