Page 19 (1/2)

"She’s right," Adam said Until then I hadn’t realized he’d moved, but he was on the other side of Daemon "But if you want to put him out of commission for the next week after that comment, I’ll help"

"Gee, thanks, brother" Andreled

Tense silence followed, and then Daeht faded and he settled back into his hulanced down to where aze flicked up, ed air passed froo of his wrist and stilled under his intense stare

"This is the kind of display we cannot afford" Mr Garrison drew in a deep breath "I think that’s enough for this evening Both of you need to cool down and keep in mind that they are here We need to be careful"

They left after that, including Dee She wanted to spend ti Andrehich left Daehtless comment, I needed to know that Daemon was okay

I followed him into the kitchen "I’"

Dae ht"

His eyes searched my face in a way that made me feel exposed to the core "Are you worried about the DOD being here?"

I hesitated "Yeah, I am"

"Don’t be"

"Harder said than done" I played with the tab on the can "It’s not me I’m worried about They think you’re responsible for what happened--the crazy energy thing What if they think you’re…a danger?"

Daemon didn’t answer for several moments "It’s not just me, Kitten Even if I had done that, it’s never been about aze "You knohat Matthew believes?"

"No"

A cynical grin pulled at his full lips "He believes that one day, probably not in our generation, but some day, my kind and the Arum will nearly outnumber yours"

"Really? That’s kind of…"

"Scary?" he said

I tucked my hair back "I don’t know if it’s scary Iis, but your kind--the Luxen--freaky powers aside…you’re not very different froht?"

I sot ," he said, "that if some of our kind believes this, how coood point And I was trying not to letout all kinds of wild scenarios All of the taken in by the DOD "What happens if they think you are a threat? And don’t beat around the bush about it"

"When I was at the compound before, there were Luxen who didn’t assi "Mostly they didn’t want to be kept under the thuuessed were viewed as a threat because they asked too many questions Who really knows?"

My mouth felt dry "What happened to them?"

Several moments passed before Daemon answered Each second that went by, the unease in rew Finally, he nodded "They killed theh ered the static that rushed over y smacked around the room I dropped the unopened can of soda as wood scrapped over tile

A chair flew out fro intocollapsed under ether a truckload of f-bo me a second before I hit the floor "Whoa, there, Kitten"

Pushing the hair out of my face, I lifteda shoulder underled out of his e Wet war blood "Great, I’ree with that"

I shot hiet up on the table and let ue with --and then air rushedon the table My mouth dropped open "What…how did you do that?"

"Skill," he said, placing ainst my skin as he rolled , and I jerked "Wow, you really are a disaster"

"Ugh, it’s bleeding all over the place" I sed at the sight "You’re not going to heal me, are you?"

"Uh, no, because who knoould happen then? You rabbed a clean towel and da my eyes I reached for the cloth, but he knelt and started to gently blot at the blood He was careful not to touchto do with you, Kitten?"

"See? I didn’t even want tomissile"