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In a wash of ly undisturbed for decades His gaze traveled over the wrought-iron gate that hung open, no longer bothering to protect the bodies that had long ago turned to dust Behind the fence, the broken h the weeds, as if refusing to concede total defeat

Just beyond the graveyard loorand structure now an e wood

He halted the car behind a patch of trees The entire neighborhood was vacant, but huht of the expensive car in the middle of nowhere would stir the kind of attention he hoped to avoid

At his side, Harley shook her head in wry resignation "It looks like an abandoned set for a Rob Zos never did have any taste" Salvatore shook his head in disgust "He’s the sort who gives olves a bad naives olves a bad na out of the car

With a chuckle, Salvatore joined her at the side of the road

"True," he agreed "Maybe I should hire a good PR fir that the demon world quakes in fear when a olf enters their territory"

Salvatore couldn’t argue Being the biggest, baddest, predator in the room had its benefits

"It does tend to avoid confusion," he said s, and everyonelike that"

"Good God," she aze over his expensive suit and Italian loafers Hunting or not, he liked to look good "You were arrogant before you ca to be impossible"

He bent his head to capture her lips in a swift, possessive kiss

"Not when I have a beautiful queen who is always eager to keep ainst her ers in his hair and returned his kiss with enough heat to start a nuclear reaction

"I suppose that’s true enough," she whispered

Salvatore briefly considered the logistics of reet her naked before reluctantly pulling back

Dio He couldn’t allow hient business Not with his curs s still a threat

They would have an eternity to enjoylove beneath the moon

"Ready?" he demanded, his voice thick with frustration

She nodded "I’ll go right, you circle left"

"Harley…"

Her eyes flashed arning "Don’t start"

He sed the lecture that treed on the end of her ponytail

"Be careful"

She s behind her back to pull out two Glocks loaded with silver bullets

"Always"

With a silent grace, she disappeared into the bushes that surrounded the graveyard, and Salvatore turned to head toward the church Again Salvatore felt that surge of pride

His , beautiful, fearless

Perfect

Then, with a shake of his head, he concentrated on the scents and sounds that filled the night

He took a quick pass through the church, then concentrated on the circle of trees that surrounded the yard

Hundreds of scents clung to the thick bushes, but Salvatore easily shifted through the all but those that held the fa the trees, he headed toward the graveyard and the entrance to the caves More than once he caught the scent of Hess and Briggs, but the trails were too old to have been made after the collapse of the caves

Cristo, were they trapped in the tunnels?

The thought was enough to make his blood run cold

The curs had been tortured,trapped in the caveshe wanted was to have to put theht

He was going to find his soldiers, and then he was going to kill Briggs