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But he didn’ton the handle It wouldn’t budge Luc stalked toward him In his true form, Sean burst away from the door as Luc stopped in the center of the dance floor A faint whitish glow appeared over Luc’s for sucked out of the entire room I tried to take a breath, but it burned I stu into the shelf Liquor bottles rattled

"I a his hand into a fist

The light around Sean’s body pulsed to an intense, nearly blinding white light He jerked, falling to his knees His back bowed as he threw his aran to flicker rapidly and then it went out Stopped Oxygen rushed back into the roo A dark pool appeared under hiaze lifted frolow receded back into hiin The latter was able to kill by closing its hand

Dear God

"Well" Luc sighed, looking at the floor--at the bodies "That escalated quickly"

Grayson shoved a hand over his head, pushing his hair back from his face "That it did" He looked over atthe bottle of liquor, I glanced at the bodies They looked soweird Like props from a science-fiction movie

Luc slowly turned to h "I’m pretty sure I told you to stay in the rooaze away from the dead Luxen "You said I couldn’t co the bodies as if they weren’t even there "You do realize that " He stopped in front of ers off the bottle He placed it back on the bar behind me as his eyes met mine "Are you okay?"

My hands fell to aze flickered over my face and he seemed to draw in another deep breath His voice was lohen he spoke "I had to, you know? I had to do that Those Luxen were not good Luxen"

I sed "I sort of figured that out"

"I’ve had a few run-ins with Wayland He knew better than to bring theht?" When he nodded, I exhaled roughly "That’s why you wouldn’t help theaze searched mine "I didn’t help them because they have no respect for human life That’s why"

My heart pounded in my chest

"Wayland knew that any Luxen ould be a threat to a human would not receive my aid"

"If they knew that, then why did they come to you?"

"Because they were desperate" Luc looked away then, and I saw that Grayson was no longer on the club floor "The task forces are ferreting out unregistered Luxen every day, and I have a feeling they’d done things that had brought unnecessary attention to the heard the way they’d spoken told s have escalated like they had if I hadn’t been here? Guilt formed an uneasy knot in aze slid back to mine "You should’ve"

"I’ that if I’d stayed in the roos would’ve ended the sahts "Whether you stayed in the room or not, but you could’ve been hurt"

"Don’t read etically

I sighed heavily "They were scary, Luc"

"They are Most Luxen care for huerous" He leaned in, placing one hand on the bar, beside my hip His lashes lowered "I’m sorry you had to see that I’m sorry you could’ve been hurt"

I really could’ve been

"She called you Peaches?" A faint saze "I kind of like that"

My nose wrinkled "I don’t"