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Roshan stared at Dugan's body "Foolish boy," he et the hell out of tohile you had the chance?"

Turning away fro the warlock's notes, lanced at as left of Jian Had the boy's blood provided Loken with any of the answers he was searching for? Would it enable hi into an had trusted the wrongoutside the lab, Roshan stared up at the sky, at thestars that faded away into infinity Until now, even though he had known it was i that Jiht, and that Loken had found a cure for the hunger that plagued hiht, he followed the warlock's scent across the city to a house located on a hill A high wrought iron fence surrounded the yard Lights shone in the s A pluray smoke rose from a red brick chimney

Roshan stared up at the house for several ht, he turned and headed for hoo to bed, but he found her curled up on the sofa in the living rooana slept in the crook of her ar into the chair beside the sofa

"I could not sleep I kept thinking about Jian Do you think he will take your advice and leave town?"

"He's dead"

Her eyes widened "Dead? How do you know?"

"I saw his body"

"But… what happened? How did he die?"

"I' the blood froht she was going to be sick "You saw hian If only he had listened to you"

Roshan grunted softly, surprised by his regret at the boy's death Usually, the lives of others, especially mortals, meant little to him He fed on them when necessary Until Brenna entered his life, he had cared little for huan hadn't been h Roshan had scoffed at Jimmy's notion that they were brothers, he felt an uncharacteristic need to avenge the boy's death

"Well," Brenna said, gathering Morgana in her arht"

He watched her leave the roo on the sway of her hips His little witch had changed his life in ways he had not iht forever behind hi to spend his life with her, to plant his seed within her, to watch her womb sith new life

Simple dreams for a mortal man

I down the street outside the Wicca Way Coffee Shop and Bookstore when Anthony Loken fell into step beside her S, he took her hand in his and led her down the street They walked until the city was far behind the As they drew closer, she began to shiver as all her instincts warned her not to enter the building The door was made of steel The ere boarded up on the inside and barred on the outside