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Aat her now hurt But he’d wanted her to live, her loss tooZacharel of his own after Hadrenial’s de the love," as the humans like to say, had been the only way

"I have no need of your advice," he said

They pounded down the VIP stairs and into the main part of the club, where Thane, Xerxes and Bjorn waited with Axel

Axel, another of Zacharel’s warriors "I hear it’s party tirin

"Only if you consider the torture of another a party"

"Uh, isn’t that the classic definition?"

Until Jamila was found, this man would be her replaceht now

Concentrate Burden was pinned to the ith daggers A wad of fabric had been stuffed inside his aze spoke for hi to kill him

Soon, Burden would want to die himself Demons could not be killed if they possessed a human, but one of the pitfalls was that they could be easily bound, and they could feel pain Lots and lots of pain

"Just a sec," Haidee said, stepping in front of Zacharel to clai advice anyway, because I owe you one And before you decide to doubt me no matter what I say, I’ll tell you that Amun read your Annabelle’s mind"

Amun, the keeper of Secrets He could speak, but didn’t, because all the secrets he’d unearthed over the centuries would spill from his lips unbidden

"You did not harm Annabelle’s mind?" he demanded Amun could dothem out of their hosts

The warrior shook his head--then flipped him off No need for an interpreter He did not like that Zacharel had questioned his honor

"Tell lared down at her

Ever gentle, she cupped his cheeks "I can read Amun’s mind, which means I knohat he knows, and what he knows is that your wos in your life Above your job, definitely Her brother turned his back on her, and her boyfriend du, you’ll crush her if you keep her without co to her"

"I have committed to her," he protested After what they’d done in bed, he’d more than committed He’d decided to keep her "Besides that, her spirit is strong No one could crush--" I could, he realized Annabelle had trusted hi she would not have done if so for hi for her

If he wasn’t careful with her, he would hurt her worse than she’d ever been hurt, commitment or not

"I will consider your words"

"Good You don’t, and I’ll hook her up with Kane Or Torin I like her, and both ood wo across the dance floor to his h for you, Thane said inside his head

"There’s no need to hide our words now," he replied aloud "Amun can hear e think"

Horror descended over Thane’s, Xerxes’ and Bjorn’s expressions Axel wiggled his brows at Ahts just for you"

Amun frowned

Before war could erupt, Zacharel said, "A as you keep yourfro pause, three of the ave a stiff bow of their heads Axel blew Haidee a kiss

Wonderful "Now, then Let’s do e came to do" Zacharel reached out and removed the fabric from Burden’s mouth

"You look just like hi "I wonder…would you scream just like hi, despite the fact that he knew the answer Surely the deo there