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ESCAPE

He shot upright I just got off with Mirceo

The prince's s, Caspion Just a lark Just pleasure" Of course it was just pleasure to him

While Cas felt scalded and exposed--as if his entire body were a neound--Mirceo re else of himself

"We still have our pants on" With a hint of ah mine are filled with semen"

The intoxicating scent of it odsdamned power did Mirceo wield over him?

Whatever the vampire saw in his expression made him sit up "Be at ease, friend"

"At ease?" Cas had never feltonly fe Mirceo? WaitCas's eyes narrowed "You fuckingaway my choice!

Mirceo's brows drew together "Caspion, I did not I don't possess that ability"

"You ht Why would I want another male?"

"Because our minds are synced Because we care for each other Our friendship has grown into more"

"No, that doesn't explain" My explosive lust For Cas, a s, this situation was terrifying He tried to say more but his throat felt too constricted

Can't breathe His gaze darted ESCAPE

"Calm yourself, demon, and think about this You can't leave My uncle Trehan will find you, and he will kill you He carries death in his pocket"

Trehan Daciano Cas had ri assassin always carried his weapon--a sith a crossguard in the shape of a crescent moon--and he was notoriously skilled with it

But if Mirceo didn't reveal details, how could that soulless bastard find a single deain some semblance of his life

ESCAPE NOW

Mirceo raised his palure this out Let me help you"

"Don't tell Trehan where I live, Mirceo" Cas tensed to trace "You owe me this after what you've done" You made me a mindless slave You took away my choice, my control

Sadness filled Mirceo's gray eyes "They knohen someone leaves Trehan will find and kill you before dawn--"

Cas teleported away An instant later, he materialized into his s hiripped him by the throat Kill me before dawn?

No, no Mirceo would never tell his uncle where to find Cas Hell, Mirceo never listened to him, probably didn't even know Cas hailed from a backwater dimension like Abaddon

Claws digging into the door, he struggled to process this night He'd come with Mirceo, harder than he kneas possible And I'd still craved more of him--

Cohfare He crossed to aand cautiously peeked out The swao was packed with various Loreans

They milled about like tourists Why would anyone visit this place?

He traced out to the street and addressed a ferine denaw

ing on a pheasant leg "What's the occasion that brings so many here?"

"Death-," the e arena of Abaddon hadn't been used in ages The de, "Co in fro the prize"

"Which is?" Cas asked, but he had a sinking suspicion in his gut There were only two things in Abaddon that others ht for

"Whoever wins gets the crown of this entire demonarchy! Oh, and the hand of the princess" The male spat out a bone and walked on

Bettina, no A godsdauardians reed to this

I could enter the tourna watched lifted the tiny hairs on the back of his neck Was a killer already loose in Abaddon? I could enter, if I live till

SIX

Last outpost before the Plane of Lost Years Several months--or centuries?--later

Mirceo was on the hunt

As he rinned to hi my fated one