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She shook herself and huffed “Let’s cut to the chase” She stepped up to me until I could see my face reflected in her black eyes She inhaled deeply, then held ers

“Where did you come from?” she asked

“Uh—just non the hill a ways—”

“Where did you come from?” she repeated more forcefully

“Earth” That was vague enough, right?

“You’re trying irlie Were you sent by Gavriel?”

“God no” The shock of disgust I felt at that question registered clearly on her face

She squinted at ave a satisfied nod andto hi to ask where he’d come from, she just skipped to the final question—the one about Gavriel Apparently satisfied with his adaston She practically ignored Kai until she couldn’t any longer

“Va exasperated She didn’t touch hih he held his wrist out for her “Were you sent by Gavriel?”

“No,” he answered in a cool voice His dark eyes narrowed, his angular features see to sharpen “Were you?”

Her eyes widened and she blinked as if it hadn’t occurred to her that wethe fallen lord

“Of course not” She dusted off her hands briskly

“Then you work for the Custodians? Some kind of point of contact behind enemy lines?” Kai pressed on

She bared her teeth and hissed “Custodians! Useless fucks”

My va “Then you and I have a lot in common”