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Jag squeezed her good hand, but it was Tighe who offered words of coer You’ll be good as new in a few more minutes"

"Iknow" Goddess, but it hurt! When she could breathe again, her gaze went to Jag, driving so stoic and silent Had he been hurt? Hadabout taking her home? To be honest, she hadn’t expected him to take her back to Feral House at all now that he knew her secret

She looked back at Tighe, Delaney unconscious on his lap "Are the four of you Ferals all right?"

He nodded, his eyes grave "As far as I can tell We fell into some kind of sensory-deprivation trap with a Dae We couldn’t see them, but damn, we could feel their claws"

"Veno the effects, which is e’re heading back to Feral House instead of rallying the forces We need radiance I’ve already called Lyon"

Olivia glanced at Jag, but he didn’t look her way He’d said virtually nothing since they set out, and she hated that she couldn’t read hi on in his head

Another wave of pain hit her hand, shallow and weak compared to the others, and she knew frohtened her arm and held out her new hand, identical to the one she’d lost As it should be On an exhausted sigh, she tipped her head back and closed her eyes, feeling the grief pressing in In defense, she struggled to find the anger instead and pulled it tight around her

"What the hell?" Ewan’s voice sounded groggily in the back of the vehicle

Olivia turned, watching as Tighe pulled a wicked blade "How are you doing, Ewan?"

the tiger shifter asked calhe’s voice remained soft and even

"Shit Why am I tied?"

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"That wasn’t the question"

Ewan levered hiaze finding hers and holding fast In his eyes, she saw confusion, but no enthrall lit Ewan’s eyes "I got tackled by the Mage, didn’t I? Enthralled"

"Afraid so," Tighe replied

"What happened to the Daeot away Ewan" Olivia hesitated "Niall" The words caught in her throat, and she fought to hold on to the anger "The Daeot to him I couldn’t stop hi "What are you saying?"

"He’s dead"

Ewan stared at her "No No!"

He whirled to face the back, and she turned front There was nothing more she could doDam the e but a hard mass deep in the pit of her sto way to the congestion of heavily populated Fairfax County Delaney woke as they pulled into the long drive of Feral House, herparked the Hummer, and Olivia climbed out, went around the vehicle, and released Ewan froaze met hers, his eyes dark with pain, his cheeks daht be Niall and Ewan had been as close as brothers for centuries Seeing his devastation tore soether hard and climbed into the back with him as she pulled her knife and released hithe telltale weakness, she crawled back out before he could touch her, or in any way try to share his grief with her She didn’t want it Didn’t need it

Goddess, she couldn’t deal with his, too She had enough of her own

Jag waited for her outside the vehicle, his bro, his face hard

Hawke and Kougar pulled up behind theot out Each looked the worse for wear, but both were healing, their movements almost normal Niall’s corpse had been loaded into the back of Hawke’s vehicle and would have to reht, when they would perfor the body back to the earth froht of Niall consu stole her attention when his hand gripped her arrip pinched "Don’t feed when any of the woht" His words erous Unclean Like a predator he feared would turn on his friends

And, goddess, wasn’t that exactly what she was? She’d never turn on the steered her after the others, and they followed therand foyer of Feral House

Lyon and Kara waited for theold silk shirt, his sleeves rolled up, and Kara in trim black slacks and a neat peach-colored sweater, her blond hair in a ponytail, her feet bare Both watched them enter with eyes filled with concern

"Wulfe and Vhyper are preparing the circle out back," Lyon said "We’re going to start with radiance and take it from there if we need to I want my warriors healed and whole before we plan our next attack"

Two abreast, they walked through the wide hallways, into the huge dining roo to sprout leaves, but the spring canopy was still thin, allowing rain to filter through with relative ease Fortunately, they’d left the hurricane behind miles back, and the bulk of the natural weather front hadin the back of the mansion Even before they drew close, Olivia could feel the ies A feral circle, she’d heard it called, though as a mere Therian she’d never experienced one

Kara stepped into the athered around her Kara ht be taller than Olivia, but the men still dwarfed her Yet, to a man, they treated her with a respect and affection Olivia suspected they reserved for very few Even Jag left his usual attitude behind when he stepped into that circle

Lyon stood before hisout his hands As Kara slipped hers into the cradle of his he stood directly behind her, his palainst her neck Hawke took his place on one side, his hand on her arar knelt at her feet, their hands on an ankle or calf

"Ready?" Kara asked

Lyon nodded once, his gaze gentle on his mate "Do it, little Radiant"

In an instant, Kara lit up as if she’d sed the sun, her skin glowing Radiant And Olivia was slay Like an alcoholic with an open bottle thrust before her nose, she craved with a violence that scared her

"She’s beautiful, isn’t she?" Delaneyher do this"

Olivia nodded, desperately fighting the pull of the energy, terrified that if she gave in and fed, she wouldn’t stop She wouldn’t be able to stop For er clawing to be fed