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"What troubles you?" Hank asked

"Would Lilith have a reason for wanting to get her hands on Abel?"

Ishamel stared hard at her "You assume she is interested in hiain? I see him as a ested, catching up on the conversation by reading Eve’s thoughts "Perhaps she views you as a surrogate Eve, beloved wife of Adam She hates both of them with a passion"

"Let’s skip that avenue for now’ Eve said "It’s a dead end Lilith would either kill me or torture me Either way, end of story But if she had Abel, ould she do with hiht? If she kept him, why? And if she traded him, ould she trade hiht want?"

Isha And she’s had prettyin Hell in her bed at soround to her"

Eve looked at Hank, who tossed up his hands in a clueless gesture "Isha"

"My ht that hung over the table, "is s for odd reasons and oftentiure her out"

"All right" Eve stood and yawned "Thank you both for your help"

Isha with her Hank reun and set this off toe" Her srim "Whether the show starts or notWe’ll have to wait and see"

"Don’t get yourself killed I want to see you again"

Eve gave hioing to need it"

CHAPTER 20

It was a little past seven in thewhen Eve left her bedroo room She checked on Montevista, usually the first one ahile on watch, but presently the last one still sleeping Sydney sat at the kitchen island in a pale blue bathrobe and red slippers reading the newspaper report of the Lahini wreck

"Coffee?" Eve asked, as she opened the freezer to grab the beans

"Sure" The Mark smiled "I love how normal you are"

Eve snorted "This is normal? Shoot me now"

Sydney abandoned the newspaper "When I was first marked, I didn’t kno to take it It seee responsibility to be a warrior for God And everything was so different I used to love coffee I drank it all day But I gave it up, thinking there was no point anymore since I couldn’t feel the buzz fros aboutti all too well, Eve nodded

"Look on the bright side, that dedication makes you a row up"

Sydney slid off the stool andto be more like you"

"Bad with a sword and accident prone?"

"Shut up Killing things is just part of the job, not all of it I actually think your agnosticis at face value, so you see things the rest of us don’t Since I s that used to define eously expensive coffee station the week before that Sounds like nothing, I know--"

"No, I get it You’re building a future instead of living day to day And you’re letting yourself have fun with your life Good for you"

"Thanks" Sydney set the s on the counter "I’m much happier now that you’ve rubbed off onsome of your kick-ass qualities rub off on me"

There was a beat of silence as Eve poured the beans into the grinder, then Sydney whispered, "I guess the new o a long time and he’s never paid any attention to me as a woman In fact, he once said I wasn’t his type"

"I’d say that’s changed"

"You noticed it, too?" Sydney’s eyes had a sparkle that warmed Eve’s heart She liked both Marks, and wanted theot it bad" Eve decided it was as good a time as any to broach a sensitive topic "Hey, do me a favor Keep an especially close eye on him I think he’s too proud to admit that he’s not up to full speed yet"

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