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I sliced a thin piece of steak and sighed dreamily over the tender medium-rare meat and the rich sauce “I don’t knohere you found Chef D’Angelo, but he’s a dream come true”

Dane said, “Don’t make me jealous of him, too”

I laughed “You aren’t seriously jealous of anyone You just like inti the hell out of everybody And you know I ahten—”

So dropped fro s, actually And they practically lunged for me

I screamed as I shoved my chair back and leapt to e of the table and fell to the ground The third remained on my plate, blessedly trapped in the thick béarnaise

Dane was besideme farther away My stomach launched into my throat

“Go inside,” he de on the creepy little suckers that were on the move

“If they’re female, they release the babies from their back,” I warned

He stoain as the third one broke free of the sauce

“Inside, Ari!” Dane barked

Before I could move, one more dropped onto my shoulder I instinctively flicked it withme

I let out a bloodcurdling scream and dropped to the h a Mack truck had just run it over, crushing the bones

“Ari!” Dane was next tome to my feet

“Mr Bax! Is soa asked, panic in his voice, likely because of er freak-out

“Scorpions on the terrace,” Dane said between clenched teeth