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"What I ah to have a plan"
"So did the wolf in the Three Little Pigs, and you kno that worked out"
Sophie curled her lips "What are you, twelve?"
"Just tellinto the pocket of her leather duster, Sophie pulled out a sh to donate his blood to our cause"
Never the sharpest tool in the shed, Duncan scowled in confusion
"Not that I’ood is his blood?"
Sophie waved the flask beneath his nose "Such a poignant, fruity scent Quite unique"
"Yeah, Calvin Klein should bottle it for his fall collection"
She chuckled in anticipation "I’oing to do with it"
"I’ve at last found a use for you outside my bed" With a casual motion, Sophie duratulations, Duncan, you’ve just been pro back, Duncan stared at his stained shirt in fury "What the hell?"
With an efficient motion, Sophie closed the flask and tucked it back into her pocket She would need the rest of the blood to lure Regan into her trap
"Circle around the gargoyle and let hian’s blood Once he’s on your trail, lead him away froic, the vaan will be powerless to find us"
"Lead hiive a shit, you idiot Just away frolittered with fury "And what are you going to do?"
She turned back toward the bluff She’d ordered two of her curs to keep watch on the cave from the woods behind the entrance, but she needed to find a closer position to set her trap
"I’, Duncan was standing at her side, his head bent to whisper directly in her ear
"A srowled softly "The early cur doesn’t get the wor bad vahtened her stomach before she pushed hio, Duncan And try not to screw this up"
Ignoring the warning glow in her eyes, Duncan swaggered across the roof, and with one motion leaped over the loall She heard the faint scrape of his landing in the alley behind the building, followed by the fading sound of footsteps
Waging war against the instinct to shift, Sadie clenched her teeth and dug her nails into the palms of her hands It was a futile effort, of course
Unlike purebloods, a cur was always at the mercy of their nature Once they reached a critical point, there was no halting the transforrowl "You owe an h the darkness His blinding speed (not to mention the icy shadows he’d wrapped around thele to function properly
It was i jet propulsion could be capable of following ther clearly wasn’t in the mood to take any chances, and she wasn’t overly anxious to distract hied across the empty fields at sonic speed
Still, her patience wasn’t endless As ten h
They wereresen up for the Lewis and Clark Expedition Where are we going?" she de
"North"
Saze fro to the austere beauty of his face Her heart skipped a fao back to one of the hotels? There’re two of them that not only have our scent all over them, but come complete with a bed and hot shower"
"A hotel is too easily surrounded" Jagr slowed his pace, his eyes shi with the bed and shower co in the ht"
"Seeravated by the insistent, host of a smile played about his lips The bastard knew precisely the effect he had on her treacherous body
"You would miss me if I were reduced to a tiny pile of ash"
"Oh, I don’t know I think you ray"
"Harsh, little one," he chastised "Your reat deal to be desired"