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“Avi, you have no idea why they really want you You’re not safe—” he argued

“I love you I’ll call again when I can”

The line went dead

“You’re sure you’re okay with this?” I asked Jocelyn as she packed her belongings back into the duffel bag on her bed

“You said Avianna is okay?” She paused, aze with those incredible violet eyes I kneas a witch thing—the supernatural eye color, but it still took le time she flashed those peepers at , her eyes were her best weapon when it came to me

Stop thinking like that

“I can’t tell if she’s lying over the phone My gift doesn’t work like that But she soundedokay” I leaned back against the massive dresser that sat across fro held captive and somehow okay with it”

Jocelyn snorted and picked up her knee-high cos were out of my life Every time I saw her in them I wanted to undo the laces and kiss the delicate skin behind her knee

Fuck, et my cock in trouble Or maybe it was the other way around

“What’s so funny?” I asked as she started in on her heels

“You and those overgrown boys of yours are all offended that she’d rather stay” She shook her head, a s at her lips

“You’re telling e of heat throughfor battle “A prisoner?”

“A spy!” she countered, her eyes turning sharp as energy crackled through the air

“She’s not an Assassin!”

Another snort “Because you have to be a ht for your home? Your family? Or is it just that you have to be a boy?”

My mouth opened and shut once Twice

“Sorry to break it down for you, Benny, but a dick doesn’t lare and then kept packing, seething with an anger I didn’t understand

“My dick has nothing to do with it My size My speed My skill My fucking genetics ued “That’s why the Assassins were foro, to secure the best warriors of the species at the king’s side And that was long before the Covenant turned us into the executioners of the supernatural world”