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- Page 19 and 20: Fifteen minutes later she was in a
- Page 21 and 22: Marissa finally stood before him, a
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- Page 25 and 26: "I'm taking Darius's death as a per
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- Page 41 and 42: Ten minutes later he came up to the
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- Page 51 and 52: Decades passed. And more decades. A
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Mary Mulcahy had been a beautiful l
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were a couple of all-night diners a
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that shame and embarrassment were i
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Loser settled back against the seat
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"Yeah, I did." Wrath put the tray d
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Chapter Thirteen "Dinner was great,
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"Careful there, Randall," he said.
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"I want to know who he is, too." "I
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"Don't touch her," Wrath snarled. "
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He loosened his grip on the cop's t
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"Only because I came." Wrath growle
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"I'm not going to answer that." "Wh
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likes of you. And this is all happe
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Chapter Seventeen Wrath walked up t
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"You cool?" Wrath said to his broth
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He gestured with his arm. "After yo
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What a crock, she thought. "So wher
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She slapped him, hard. Right across
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She choked and jerked upright. "I'm
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"I don't have a sugar bowl." "So it
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"Wrath?" "Because I had to," he rep
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With dread, he realized he wanted t
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Mr. X eyed Loser, who was still try
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"Not well. They weren't together lo
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Wrath wasn't here with her now. It
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Her lover was a vampire. She tilted
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"Does Wrath have a shellan already?
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Beth scribbled her last edit on a p
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Zsadist? He hadn't even considered
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"What the hell does that mean?" But
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"Enter," he said. It was the recept
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"I'm not doing it as a favor," he s
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"I have broken the covenant with Wr
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"I called your cell and you didn't
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inner hatred as an old friend. "I c
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Perfect date material, she thought.
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Her stomach lurched. She wasn't goi
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He leaned forward. "There's always
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"Who do you go to now?" "God, you r
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as he watched her bite down. When s
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He looked up as she sat beside him.
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"I'm not so sure about that," she s
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Mine. As he kissed her lips, he not
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Good lord. Was she actually living
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This was more like it, Mr. X though
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It didn't. "That's not like him." R
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"Where?" He leaped off the bar stoo
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When it was all over, the creature
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"Bet you're pissed you needed a rid
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"Belly hurts." "Yeah. I can imagine
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But that didn't mean he could get s
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"Yes, sensei." "Good boy." Chapter
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"Lose?" "Who did the lessers take f
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She stayed in the bed. But of cours
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His voice sounded different. He fel
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Wrath dragged her into his arms and
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"Yesterday afternoon." "'Are they g
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"So?" "I hacked into the coroner's
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Wrath crossed his arms and leaned b
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Butch looked up. The guy was wearin
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Wrath was getting desperate. He cou
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As she disappeared in a huff, he no
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Her arms tightened around his shoul
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Butch paced around the drawing room
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"Butch." He touched his broad chest
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He brushed her cheek lightly. Stare
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Ah, shit, not this again, Butch tho
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Chapter Thirty-seven Beth rolled ov
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He pulled away and kissed her on th
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"May I? Butch?" "Anywhere," he brea
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you." His horror at what he'd said
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"Let him go," she commanded gently,
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When Marissa walked into her bedroo
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"It has been a long time, warrior."
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"What say you, warrior?" Yeah, like
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"Sensei." Billy bowed his head. "Ho
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"What, leelan? Are you all right?"
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"We all do," Vishous murmured. "Tha
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"Males like them, they get all rile
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Somehow that was not a surprise. "N
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Butch offered her his arm. "That ok
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he wouldn't mind shelving for the n
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He'd ripped the side off the chair.
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Wrath quickly glanced around. "Watc
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"I'm going to cry." Wellsie covered
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"We're going to make the presentati
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Beth weaved on her feet as she watc
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"Yeah, I could do with a bar crawl.
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Havers went into the front hall, ta
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"I saw Havers in an alley." Wrath f
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Hours later, Beth woke up hungry. S
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"You got something on your mind, Z?
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Beth put some leftover filet mignon
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The problem was, if Mr. X summoned
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As the anguish in his voice snuffed
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Her palms, clammy before, ran wet w
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Beth repeated his words, pressing t
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"Easy, girl. We're not going to hur
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After he'd made the offer to Zsadis
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The instant Beth felt the bed shudd
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"Four in the afternoon. It's Thursd
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She smiled at him and leaned down f
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Havers seemed to wobble from shock.
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José watched the man walk over to
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"She is no longer alone." "That is
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"I've come to help you recover," it
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She nodded, marveling that he could
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"Keep talking," he said in her ear.
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