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“I’hts, if you want days,” he said

“Maybe we should change that up every other ht patrol”

“I don’t mind,” he said in his usual cals with, so it doesn’t really matter to me”

She frowned “I don’t have a spouse to spend evenings with either”

“But you hen you e to his voice told her he was still wary of her decision She could put his h

“I highly doubt I’ll be e to her

A dark brow lifted and Tanner asked, “You backed out now that the fire wraith and his army are defeated?”

“No, I didn’t back out But he’s extre to change anytian and Sheena said as much?

Her heart ached over the thought of losing Darien for good However, Jade was terrified she’d cry a river if she didn’t contain her feelings If the tears started flowing, she was afraid they’d never stop

“I’m not sure what to say about that,” Tanner told her “I don’t want you to be unhappy, Jade But h for the rest of us to process”

“I understand It’s been rather surprising for me too”

He regarded her a h curious about her e you said to the vampire before you killed hi about Michael being a slayer in order to h he was as skilled as the rest of us But you said one of the slayers was part demon”

“A demi-demon, to be exact” She brushed the hair fro of races occurred in o My father was half-demon as well We share similar traits”

“Aside from dark hair and blue eyes?”

Jade focused on the pen Tanner had set aside when she’d entered the hall She used her psychokinetic powers to lift it fro it to her hand