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But Catalina’s spell held, and though shtly from the shattered s, no hulanced at Delaney’s, they’d see no dae Not while the spell was in place

But Simon saw it all

Catalina stood in front of the broken doors, her shoulders slumped, her clothes stained with soot

The demon wasn’t near her He’d positioned hiray pickup When he caught sight of theet the bastard?”

“He’s dead” Not by his hand Tore Who would have thought that va at the Viking, even before Tore had opened his uy’s reputation definitely proceeded him

He jerked his thumb toward the truck Even with the tinted s, he could see the sluure of the worunted at that “When so to fry me, I do” She stalked toward the bar “Catalina?”

The witch didn’t turn

Dee touched her shoulder She flinched “Catalina, I-I need your help”

Finally, the woman turned Her face had bleached of color, and her lips quivered when she asked, “Do I get to kill her?”

From the corner of his eye, Simon saw the sudden stiffness of Zane’s body “Cat…”

“She would have killedfor me This wasn’t a hunt, Cat She wasn’t here to bind or destroy you”

A hunt Siht and hell

Fro so often in the present?

“Doesn’t matter why” Catalina’s chin lifted “She would have burned us all”

Si down the woht The fire could have destroyed the building in one fast fury But, lucky for them, they’d all had time to leave before the fire burned their flesh away

With an Ignitor, they could have been destroyed in seconds An Ignitor always had perfect control over the fire

The woman had hesitated with her fla on here than we know” Tell the Ignitor they’re dead His gut knotted Couldn’t be good “Let her talk Let’s find out what she knows”

“I want her dead” Fury and fear talking from Cat

He knew ’em both when he heard ’em

“Stand down, Cat Stand Down” A denitor blew out the backof the truck She hurled herself through the flaet to her feet

Zane took her down Hard “And don’t even think of burning me because, baby, I control the—”

“They’re dead,” Si ti twitchy and with her ic—no way could they take chances They needed someone left alive to question, and he didn’t want to lose another link to Grinitor stopped thrashing beneath the demon “Wh-what did you say?”

“They’re dead” Who was he talking about? Didn’t know Had to be someone close to her “A vamp told us”

A sob broke from her Not one of those soft sniffles that soony Pain

Her face reddened and the tears leaked from her eyes She tried to curl into herself, but Zane held her fast “What the hell?”

Then Dee was there Staring down at the other wo One who’d been there, and seen the darkness “Her faone” She sed “I-I cried like that, too Zane, l-let her go”