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He stared down at her with curiosity in his eyes, which told her he doubted she was capable of keeping her oath “I’ll give you wide berth in private But you trya mockery of me or my laws”

Her brow furrowed “That wasn’t my intention And why the leniency now that we’re alone?”

“Because,” he said as he rubbed the back of his neck “I need you”

Jade gaped Darien swore under his breath He did an about-face and stalked over to Lisette’s desk

A fla her The heat that rushed through her veinsit over the back of a chair before she spontaneously combusted

The knuckles of his balled fist rapped the top of the desk in angst or frustration or both before he turned back to her “What I meant to say was, I need to know more about who you are and what powers you possess”

“Powers?” She shook her head

He gave her a don’t-play-coy-with-me look

Jade sighed She wouldn’t win any battle of wills with this man Demon Man Whatever

“I don’t have powers,” she told hi ical Well, not totally…”

He slung a thick, black leather-clad thigh over the corner of the desk, halfway sitting on the edge of the sturdy piece of wood Folding his arms over his expansive chest, he said, “Do tell”

Jade anxiously paced before hih she were on trial for her life In the ravations, but also by Jinx’s death Perhaps she had gone too far with the Deers were picked off one by one

Which ifts, would he do as she’d feared earlier—toss her in a cell and throay the key because she was an anodom?

“Jade”

He said her naht her to an abrupt halt