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“Holy shit,” he muttered

“Yeah” She let hi, “There’se because I was badly injured but healing quickly Much faster than a normal human It would have alarmed Michael and Lisette You too, perhaps”

He nodded “I always sensed there was so different about you Walker did too That’s e often deferred to you—as if you knew things the rest of us didn’t”

“Unfortunately, I’ve acted mostly on instinct And with a hot head I need to thinkforward”

“You did precisely that e confronted the rogue demons”

She considered her tactical moves and felt at peace with the decisions she’d made “Thank you, Tanner I appreciate your support” She added, “I also want to continue the goodwill effort recently set into eneral, as my father once did He’ll have to be the conduit to Darien, not me”

The other slayer eyed her speculatively “You’re taking this change in direction well” He was kind enough not to call it a breakup or otherwise jibe about her being du

“On the outside, Tanner On the outside” She stood “We also need to work on ot to wraiths I had no idea what to do with that , fiery one”

He snickered “You never made it past the chicken, Jade You’re still on shifters I told you, a raccoon is next”

She blanched “You weren’t serious about that?”

With a chuckle, he said, “We’ll figure it out”

Her stomach churned “Make sure it’s already dead, please I can’t practice on an ani” Not that she could practice on one if rigor mortis had set in, either… Damn it

He shook his head at her, as though to call her the slacker slayer Apparently, his congeniality only went so far

Jadehall and headed to the tavern, where she found Mich

ael prepping for the evening ahead