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“Darling, that is a telltale sign that you are in over your head” His lips pressed into a very thin line and he peered over the top of his glasses at me “Nephilim powers are fierce The fact that you can tap into the But they reat control They can kill you if you don’t learn hoith them”

I clenched ue At least he kneas strong And every day, I got a little stronger The faster, the better I had toout on Nephili

Thanks to Gabe’s fantastic teaching, I was doing just that Soon enough, they wouldn’t have to worry about me I’d ate keeper It was just a matter of time

“I’ll be careful” I threw in a tight squeeze around Luke’s waist He was a sucker for any affection froo “I promise”

If he wanted to pursue the topic any further, he didn’t have the chance At that moment, three people whorand staircase The first was a wo jet-black hair that fell to her waist Her olive skin glistened as if she’d just stepped out of the rain A glossy black juure and paired ith the patent leather pumps on her feet She tossed her head about and placed a hand on her hip, as if she owned the place

Next to her, two men appeared The first was a fit blond with very fair features His pale skin, blond eyebrows, and translucent eyelashes didn’t hide the chiseled feature of his jaw and thick neck The final man was dark and tanned with short cropped hair and a crooked frown that gave the i he saw His t-shirt struggled to contain the ainst the stair railing

Gabe leaned into Luke “Are those?”

“The Europeans,” Luke finished “From Hell Gate Three”

“They’ve corim tone

Gabe looked as if he’d sed so sour “Assist? You mean they’ve come to take over As if we can’t take care of our own problems”

Neither Luke nor Esther answered, butsour expressions settled on their faces

The de worse each passing month It used to be that only a couple feral deate each year Now, several cah a day The board had tripled the patrols in an effort to keep the de huth multiplied and they could easily disappear into thehavoc and destruction

No one knehy the gate was failing But each member of the Westward Manor board carried the sa in the Europeans wasn’t what they’d had in mind

I could see why they didn’t like theave off an air of superiority that settled on us peons like a dense acrid fog The dozen or so Nephiliathered in the

hall all wore siazed up at the newco to have a hard ti any approval from us