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“Why don’t you tell ot your butt in such a twist?”

His knuckles whitened around the wheel “You didn’t have to drink from him,” he bit out Your butt in such a twist Nice

“I wanted to know if he was co after me Us”

He could still see her ainst his dark flesh Tasting hi him

The SUV swerved onto the median and Siht lane “You took his blood You linked with hih that the two of them already had some kind of bond he didn’t understand?

Trust Yeah, Dee trusted her de about it”

No, that was the probleed forthe deht I had to do it After what Cat said, I didn’t want hi us” Quiet, subdued

Since as she subdued? What the hell? He slanted her a quick glance and tried to get the crazy bat-shit jealousy under control

Fear That’s what it really was Fear about facing Gri? And then…cold-eat-your-soul fear that when the battle was over, he’d lose Dee

One way or another

When did she become more important than freedoers before he broke the steering wheel “I thought you didn’t believe the witch”

A sound, could have been a strained laugh or just a long sigh, came from her lips “Sometimes, I’m not sure what I believe anymore I shouldn’t have let them leave the city with us I knew the whole time that was a mistake”

But the denitor and the still-dazed witch with him

“I tried to sleep at theCatalina, surrounded by the fire”

But the fire surrounded you, too Why wasn’t Dee scared for herself? Didn’t she care?

“I couldn’t ain And Zane—oh, hell, after what I saw—”

His gaze snapped to her “What you saw?”

Her hand lifted, then fell li to see the person’s life, right?”

Unfortunately, that was the way of the Born Most saw that as a strength A way to get into the minds of prey and control them

Not Dee He could tell she saw it as some kind of punishh I’ht”

He reached for her hand and linked his fingers through hers “Our fight” She wasn’t in this alone She wasn’t going to ditch him the way she’d done the others