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“Try to keep your bodily fluids to yourself, Jade Now,” he said as he lifted the lid from the crate and the chicken scra the jeopardy it was in “Palers like this…” Toran deo for it”

“You’re an asshole, Toran”

His grin was an impudent one “And you call yourself a slayer”

The prodding pushed her buttons To hell with her reservations, she settled the chicken on its back and held the squirht valiantly Toran had picked a feisty one, probably as payback forhim travel this path with her

She sed hard, shoving all the apprehension and disgust into that abyss inside her where the s resided She wasn’t even sure she could bring herself to kill a chicken Yes, the butcher did it on a daily basis Lopped their little heads right off and plucked their feathers His wife did it as well Plenty of others were in on the act, since s and meat

As she hesitated, Toran cajoled her “Jade, if you can’t do this, hoill you save yourself or someone else when a shifter pounces? You don’t want to end up like your parents or—”

“Shut up, Toran!” Fury instantly rose within her and before it even registered in her ers closed around the throat of the animal She yanked back almost immediately and blood splattered everywhere “Oh, my God!” she shrieked

She dropped the flesh froan to convulse Plunging her hands in the clean water in the basin, she scrubbed them with a washcloth and soap The bile rose in her throat as it had done at the clinic and she heaved into the toilet Repeatedly

Jade had no idea howturned into littleleft in her stomach to expel

Toran came into the roo next to her, he asked, “You okay?”

“Sure,” she sneered at him “Just sorry I missed your boots”

He chuckled, admiration in his eyes “I would’ve let it slide That was pretty incredible for a first try Next time, we’ll use a raccoon”

Her sto”

He handed her the damp towel and then stood “Coain”

Again?