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A faint smile curved his lips "Get back on the bike and tell o," I hed As we sped down the street, away froan to ease I was abruptly so aroused that I caught ainst Barrons’ back I jerked away instantly and glanced over one

Barrons lanced over his shoulder atdown the street behind us, one one, the next, a few dozen feet closer

"It’s bad enough that you didn’t tell me about the Book, Ms Lane, but tell me you didn’t tell hi forto part with But I didn’t tell hi" In fact, I’d deliberately led hiht? Du out every crier reclaimed Barrons’ body, worse than before He stopped so abruptly that I sla By the time I stood up and dusted myself off, Barrons was off the bike; V’lane, too, had stopped, and was standing in the street about twenty-five feet away

"Come here, Ms Lane Now"

I didn’t move I was pissed that he’d dumped me like that It had made my head hurt even worse Besides, a furious Barrons isn’t so you want to stand next to any more than you’d want to cozy up to a pissed-off cobra

"Unless you want hiet close to o with him?"

I glanced at V’lane and lacial with displeasure that a s his end of the street, and I wasn’t dressed for the weather Okay, so maybe V’lane scares me a little ainst me and I’m susceptible to it Barrons doesn’t Even now,the zipper, and I nearly whi head I’ive in

Barrons draped an arm overon ue burned My brand itched At that morowled

"She comes to me of her oill She calls old and bronze and iridescent ice He raked aze "I will attend to you later You broke our bargain There is a price for that" He smiled, but Fae don’t really smile They paste a humanlike expression on and it chills to the bone because it looks so unnatural on their unnaturally perfect faces "Do not fear, MacKayla, I will--how do you say?--kiss it and h"

I reain intentionally, V’lane Barrons overheard so he shouldn’t have overheard"

"Omission or commission, what difference?"

"There is one Even the courts of law peres no such thing There are outco You said you did not kno to track the Book"

"I don’t I just followed a hunch tonight Got lucky You?"

"Impudence and lies, MacKayla I suffer neither"

"You won’t harm a hair on her head, or I’ll kill you," said Barrons

Really? With what? I wanted to ask V’lane was a Fae My spear was gone and Rowena had the sword

The Book’s icy pull was di swiftly Its next victi, utterly beside-the-point car-lover thought: not faster thanthought faded It offended every ounce ofoff to destroy more lives But noat me to track it, I didn’t dare Not with Barrons and V’lane here I needed to know etwith it Who was I kidding? I needed to knohat the right thing was Assuot it, who could I trust with it? V’lane? Barrons? God forbid, Rowena? Would the Seelie Queen herself shi in my life is easy anymore