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“Go ahead, do it,” she challenged him “Go on, Drake Go ahead and defy Caine”

His cold eyes flinched, just a little, but he knew she’d seen it and it made him mad

Not today Not yet Not until Caine took care of Sam

Drake coiled the whip He had a way of wrapping it sinuously around his waist But the arm was never entirely still, so it always looked like a pink and gray anaconda squeezing him, always looked like Drake was its prey

“You’d like that, wouldn’t you, Diana? Me fighting Caine Sorry to disappoint you I am one hundred percent loyal to Caine We’re like brothers, the two of us Not like him and Sam, more like blood brothers” He winked at her “The brotherhood of the Darkness, Diana Me and him, we’ve both been there We’ve both faced it”

Drake knew Diana was eaten up with curiosity about the thing in the iven Drake his ar to give her anything Let her wonder Let her worry “Let’s go see the boss”

Caine looked better already Whatever sickness had been consu hihtmares, must have finally run its course

Too late for Chunk

The h the air, s it so hard, he actually went through it Man, that had been so to see

After that, no one—including Drake—had been crazy enough to be arou

nd Caine Even now Drake ary Only Diana was desperate enough to stay and change Caine’s soiled sheets and spoon-feed him soup

“You look good, Caine,” Drake said

“I look like hell,” Caine said “But my head is clear”

Drake thought that probably wasn’t true He’d spent just a few hours with the Darkness hi shot He heard the voice in his head, sometimes He heard it And he was pretty sure Caine did, too

Once you heard that voice, you never stopped hearing it, Drake thought He found the idea co