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I didn’t even have to look There was no Infiniti SUV in the parking lot that I could see, but then again, Daemon had his own specialshadow fell upon us, and I lifted aze Dae the upper half of his face

"What…what are you doing here?" I asked, and then realized Blake was holding my hand I pulled it free

Daeh "

Oh…oh dear, this didn’t look good Suddenly, the Arum chick and ninja Blake didn’t even"This isn’t what--"

"Look, I don’t knohat’s going on between you two or whatever" As Blake spoke, he curved his hand around my elbow "But Katy and I need to talk--"

One second, Blake was talking, and the next, he was pressed against theof the Smoke Hole Diner, with a six-foot-and-then-sorille

Daemon’s face was an inch fro Blake’s forehead "You touch her again and I will--"

"You’ll what?" Blake shot back, his eyes narrowed "What are you going to do, Daee "Dae to do?" Daemon’s entire body tensed under my hand "You knohere your head and ass are? Well, they’re about to becoood Lord We were starting to gain an audience People atching fro this go down froain to break the two boys apart, but both of thenored ht want to rethink that" Daehed low "Because you have no idea what I’ripped Daemon’s wrist "I know exactly what you’re capable of"

A shiver rolled down my spine Who in the hell was Blake?

Flannel Shirt Guy caed pants He spit out a onna wanna break this up right now before someone calls the--"

Blake raised his free hand and Flannel Shirt Guy just stopped With a sinking feeling, I looked overlot was frozen No doubt they were just as i the outline of Daemon’s body Tense silence fell I kneas seconds away frohtened, because Blake gasped "I don’t care who or what you are, but you better give me a reason not to blast you into your next pathetic life real quickly"

"I knohat you are," Blake choked out

"That’s not helping," Daelance at Flannel Shirt Guy He was still there, frozen with his ht around Daeain"

"I just killed an Aruant prick, we’re not enerabbed both of Daele Blake "I can help Katy," Blake wheezed "Good enough for you?"

"What?" I de her nah for me"

Blake’s eyes darted to mine "Katy, I knohat you are, what you will become capable of, and I can help you"

Shocked, I stared at hilowing, like diamonds "Let me ask you a question If I kill you, will these people unfreeze?"

Blake’s eyes widened, and I knew Dae around He didn’t like Blake to start off with and the boy--or whatever he was--obviously posed a threat of an unknown kind He knew a lot, too much, and he knehat I was What I was? Oh, hold up

I shot forward "Let hilowing eyes were focused on Blake "Get back, Kat I et the hell back"

Like hell "Stop it" When he didn’t respond, I screa stop for a couple of minutes!"

Dae the distraction, Blake swiped his arm across Dae distance between theement problems It’s like a disease"

"There’s a cure and it’s called kicking your ass"

Blake flipped hiet in front of hi nizable to me "Stop You need to stop now"

Daemon’s lip curled into a snarl "He’s a--"

"We don’t knohat he is," I cut in, already knohat he was going to say "But he did kill an Arum And he hasn’t hurt me or anyone else, and he’s had plenty of opportunity to do so"

Daehly "Kat--"

"We need to hear him out, Daemon I need to hear what he has to say" I took a deep breath "Besides, these people have been frozen, like, twice now That can’t be good for them"