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He ended the call and slid the phone into his pocket

"Marna says to say she’s sorry we scared the ‘bejaysus’ out of you," he said

Kopano and I both stood and brushed ourselves off I pulled so as I followed Blake through the trees to the elanced back at Kopano, alked behind me

"Sorry about your nose," I said, shamefaced

He kept his eyes down and nodded as if it were no big deal I studied his s ain I wasn’t sure what to think about the look he’d given round, or the way he’d se of the woods andlot, eirls I’d ever seen standing in front of it I could hear their conversation

"She’s sixteen?" one asked in surprise

"Looks more like twelve to me," the other said

"Play nice," the first warned her

I kneho they were at once: the identical twin daughters of Astaroth, Pharzuph’s London buddy As I looked at their summer skirts and strappy heels, I becah, haphazard ponytail

When Kaidan told me the tere dancers, I’d pictured tall, lanky ballerinas But no Their bodies screao--tiny waists nestled between a they did was the booty-shaking kind They were not much taller than me, with shiny brown hair styled into layers, and an array of perfectly fashionable accessories Like Kaidan, they oozed sex appeal The other two guys weren’t hard on the eyes, either

Apparently Pharzuph was not the only demon to choose an attractive body to inhabit, and an attractive ood-looking people could get aith a lot

We were all together now, standing in a circle, surveying one another

"Scared ya, didn’t we?" Blake said, lifting an eyebrow that I just noticed was pierced He wore a tight hee was the poisonous green of envy

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked, keeping

"We heard a ruht eyes were striking against his dark skin

"Ruets around"

"But how did you find me?"

"Marna showed her boobs to one of the spirits and he led the way--"

"Blake! Shut up" She gave hiot your name from Kai, and then we did a little research, because he wouldn’t tell us anything else about you"