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he left on my collarbone, wishing it'd j

f the last two hours. Then I wouldn't have this stupid ma

ady," Reese called

ungry," I

heard the footsteps as t

y?" Reese asked, k

. I'll come down when

e if you need so

ded, and it was

thing to be taken lightly. And it certainly wasn't something posse

me with renewed anger. If only I could see hi

ately that it was him. I waited for him to say somethi

back against the window, a

of something slither

yes to see in the dark, but that didn't he

rn

but so far, they showed no sign o

and to get myself through the dark space

rd, but I ended up bumpin

aw them. Red

nonetheless," the man in front of me said, wrapping his han

life," the other one beh

get him to let go. Giving up on removing his hand wr

or. I scrambled on the floor, des

're going?" One growled

n't escape my lips. One of them came for

you run with th

e falling out. I dropped my head on th

he pain, but i

yr

be him. Why would he come to help m

scooping me off the f

fferent smells I hadn't expected to go well together, but surprising

hani

It's

HAN

ould tell. She rocked herself in the tub, her

last ten minutes, but I'd failed. She wa

for my bathroom do

ice far from shaken. There was a deep edge

niel, I chi

tion, Nathaniel. Wh

er eyes said she knew who they were

mon

s in The Borou

t know,

n a part of my lair. That was how they were able to gain acces

climbing out of the tub, n

tion filled her eyes, but she was too proud to cower away or

. I wasn't used to someone challenging me,

obedience for many years, it w

ew you," she said, snappin

focused on her face when

d t

found me 'mediocre' for your taste in femal

anything. Are you going to keep arguing or will

ed, picking up the towel on the edg

gize for marking her, but I couldn't br

loset, picking out a sweats

I don't think it'll be smart for y

he said nothing. Even though she was mad, she

hat two of their own were lost. They'd be furious an

getting in here. The house had a spell around it that kept demons away. It had

Even if they were able to, they'd have to go thr

te to visit an old friend. Ayra needed a

ly a few possessing the weapons. Luckily, I knew the sorcerer who made them. Getting to him would be ta

ell asleep, she made sure to keep a lot of space between us

the sky the next morning. I'd barely gotten a win

ire before going down to the gym. I'd worked off a

eed to see this.

ed, dropping my du

thing reall

e, and I hadn't even gotten

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rewolves lose their minds. The manufacturers had quickly stopped t

a lot to be worried about. Number one on that