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Styx drained his own glass, and his eyes narrowed "There is so aside the e the souls of others?"

"It does not take a special talent to sense your distraction Is it Harley?"

"Only in part," Salvatore confessed "I need you to continue protecting her for the next few days"

"Of course She is a welcolint in his eyes "Brother"

Salvatore shivered, not yet prepared to consider the repercussions of being so intirowled "Don’t re Salvatore’s suffering

"I assu to do with the unfinished business you mentioned earlier?"

"My curs were in the caves," he said, his jaw tightening at thetortured and Hess under the co to pay, and pay dearly "I have to ed to escape the collapse"

"I could send my Ravens"

Salvatore blinked in surprise, acutely aware of the honor that Styx had just bestowed

The Ravens were personal bodyguards to the Anasso, and the finest trained assassins ever to walk the earth Styx didn’t loan them out like they were Netflix

"Grazie" He dipped his head in gratitude "But they need s did more than torture them He invaded their minds Only I can heal the poith his Weres and curs was no secret

"And once you’ve rescued your curs?"

Hot fury poured through his blood like lava "I intend to hunt down and kill Briggs as slowly, and with as much pain, as possible"

"You’re certain he survived?"

"Certain?" Salvatore shrugged "No But my instinct tells me he’s like a roach that refuses to die Until I’ve seen his rotting corpse, I’ more trouble"

"You intend to face hi hiht, but your reasoning" Styx held his gaze "I, better than eance, but you cannot allow it to blind you You have too much to lose to take unnecessary risks"

Hell, yeah, he had everything to lose

A beautifulhim nuts

The opportunity to return the Weres to their for for hinore his duty

"There’s no risk Without being able to call on his s will be helpless"

"A cornered deerous creature on earth And you cannot be certain that he has not prepared for such a turn of fate He could have any nu for you"

Salvatore’s lips twisted "Briggs is too arrogant to have considered the possibility that I ht defeat the demon lord"

"You defeated the deerous composure from behind Salvatore "What a selective h as he turned to ht smile curved Harley’s lips as Salvatore slowly turned, his beautiful face carefully couilt

Oh, he was so busted

But rather than gloating at having caught his lord and o dry and a blaze of heat explode through her body

Holy…crap

Standing in front of a half-naked Aztec warrior and a delectable Roh yummy eye candy to make any woman’s brain turn to mush Especially when it was obvious the two had just finished a sparringto the daolden light

A dangerous warrior ould never be fully ta brain, Styx hted to see you have fully recovered I trust you have everything you need?"

He reached to take her hand, only to coh the air

"Styx"