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And later, when he couldn’t kill her, he’d set plans in motion to separate her fro of the hue had been the first step He’d planned to force Dee into solitude To make the others turn on her Alone, Dee would be weak The demon had said so

He’d made the seer tell him about Dee’s weaknesses Torture was so easy for him He’d learned at the foot of a master so many centuries before He knew exactly how to make prey break

The demon had broken for him Two days, and she’d broken But the whore had s to slice her throat wide open “She’ll kill you when she rises Drain you Make you see the fires of hell”

Fear

As the deh him because the woman had been so certain

Death wasn’t an option for him He kneaited after this world No, death wasn’t an option

He rolled his neck and shoved away the past “Burn her,” he said again Fire was always the easiest way to kill his kind “Make sure Chase dies with her” Simon Chase A stupid mistake made by one of his blood

Some just weren’t meant for the darkness

A soft irl who’d been brought to hiht red cheeks A smile curved his lips He could hear the fast drum of her heart

Some weren’t meant for the darkness

And soirl She stared back at hiaze Excite

“We followed her the instant she left Night Watch”

“Good” He licked his lips, already tasting his pleasure “Then have her dead by dawn”

Simon raised a hand to his throat, and touched the blood that dripped down his neck His pants were open, his ck out, and rising by thefro open The tips of her fangs peeked at hiht about her

He should probably lower his head Do some dumbass bow or head incline like all the van of subservience Of submission

Because Borns could rip apart the Taken if they wanted

But he’d just let her take his throat and his body And he’d taken her

Siht then

So he held her stare and knew that she felt the new link between theed Not him

Already, the call that had haunted his un to soften It ork He’d been right to think she was the key Dee would be able to change the gaive him back his life

Well, as left of it, anyway

She stumbled to her feet Grabbed her jeans Jerked them up No panties He’d remember that Her curls disappeared beneath the denian to rise

But fell right back on his ass

“Simon?”