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“We are holding a lycan councilConan’s castle Apparently, Lunara, Chandra and her archaeologist pet, Jaht on our case They’re flying in and should arrive tonight”

Lunara, the wolf shaman priestess, communed with the departed Why else call her? “Does Lunara suspect Svetlana is dead?”

“We’ll soon find out After what Kat said, she could be Knowing Svetlana, she’d attempt escape”

Lev scoffed “A pack of oath breakers? Svetlana would be more than happy and quite useful in whatever schemes they have The dirtier the better”

“I couldn’t agree with you more” Rylee turned off the screen

Svetlana otiated a deal with the him in so she could torture him to death “When do we leave?”

“Now”

“Understood”

They boarded Rylee’s helicopter for the king’s castle and arrived in the late afternoon Lev settled into his guest quarters Rachel was probably at hoa He should call to find out the results of her medical tests He had his mobile on mute and noticed a text from Howard

He stiffened as he read the e over and over

Rage, regret and reloith heat and he dropped it, before his touch melted it The words, “You almost killed her” and “Stay away from Rachel” tore at his heart

Rachel blinked Where am I? Her memory of what happened floated on wisps of clouds She’d had the MRI As her awareness returned, she heard the thu of the rapid pulses fro her eyes, and the sound of the monitors jarred her nerves Rachel moved her arm and her skin pinched from an IV hooked to her vein Her blood pressure monitor showed normal She must have passed out Did she have another explosive headache? A blood clot? At least, she wasn’t on oxygen In fact, she felt refreshed, like she did after Lev bit her

Her memory continued to filter in After the MRI, she recalled Howard’s angry voice outside the scanning roo about her tests and how Lev had da her results The last thing she re handed the tablet and then blackness The sa Ebola Rachel glanced at the digital clock Nighttime already Almost 9 pm The MRI had scanned her after lunch She pressed the button for the nurse That is, if olf protocol ran like a normal human hospital

The door opened No nurse Just Howard and Darius Her father dashed to her side “How are you feeling?”

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