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Lenox onceat Sam

She slid her gaze to Max “Do me a cheesy quaver and shut him up, will you?”

I s for ‘favour’ in Sam’s vocabulary

Releasing me, Max closed his fist, and then Lenox’s curses were totally silent

Sa her head “I’ why you’re here”

Her voice shaky, Ursula explained how Lenox had snatched her as she’d been on her way to work She and I both then gave our accounts of what happened here All the while, Lenox stood unnaturally still thanks to Cassie, and utterly quiet thanks to Max

Sam beamed at Lenox “Well, let’s take you to your new ho your victiht in the future she’ll use you in the same way to save so fabulous”

She, Jared, and Lenox then disappeared

Ursula made a beeline for the still-open front door and darted out of the apart her relief that I was fine

Max and I were then alone

CHAPTER TEN

(Paige)

Blowing out a breath, he sank onto the sofa as if the life had been sucked out of him

Not sure what to think of that, I tipped my head to the side and asked “Are you okay?”

His gaze met mine, alive with chaotic e killed so, no, I’e You don’t kno hard it was for me to let you shut that door in e in here, because I didn’t knohat kind of scene I’d be dealing with It fucking killed me to stand out there and trust the others to help you Killed me”

Bowled over by the sheer anguish in his voice, I just stared at hiood at co people, and I was beyond shocked that he seemed to need said comfort

Feeling unable to just stand there, I slowly moved toward him But even as I then stood before him, I was still uncertain about what to say or do