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"I don’t understand"

The woman waved a hand toward the kitchen table "Why do you bother with this junk anyway?"

Was this some sort of trick?

"I need it for h I admit it can’t coela," the intruder scoffed "You don’t have to hide the truth froe sense of wariness

"I don’t knohat you’re talking about"

The woured it out yet?"

"Figured out what?"

"You, Angela Locke, are a freak"

"No" Angela shook her head, squashing the ridiculous urge to slap her hands over her ears The woman was nuts A full-bloackadoodle "No way"

"How do you think you’re able to ela sucked in a ragged breath Why wasn’t she laughing at the wonetic particles I’ve developed--"

"No" The woela to feel the heat she radiated froh her clothes Obviously her her temperature "It’s you It’s always been you"

"This is crazy" Angela was trapped, reaching behind her to grasp the edge of the counter Her knees were threatening to collapse "I want you out of my apartment"

"If you insist" The creepy s speed to lock her hands around Angela’s upper arh the sweatshirt to puncture the tender skin beneath "I was going to let you pack a bag, but whatever"

"Stop it," Angela cried, fear and pain ha?"

The criht "I have a comfy little ho htened, but even as Angela braced herself to be dragged fro back her head to sniff the air Like an aniela shuddered OhGod What now?

In answer, the woht fists

"Niko," she hissed, not nearly as duly familiar man stepped into the kitchen

"Dylan," Dr Nikolo Bartrev drawled, his handsoranite "I knew you’d eventually show up here"

It was rare for Nikolo to be caught flat-footed

No, it wasn’t rare

It was never

But trailing Angela fro, he’d taken tihborhood He was certain Dylan was going to make her move And make it soon

He just hadn’t expected her to already be in the apartela her life

The realization detonated a strange explosion of fear and fury in the depths of his soul

A sensation that was as unfamiliar as it was unexpected

Niko was trained to hone his feelings into a s emotional only clouded histhe apartment, he hadn’t been worried about his prey Or even his own life

His sole focus was reaching Angela before she could be hurt

Stepping into the kitchen he ca directly in front of Angela Shit She was too close to risk an attack

One swing of her hand and she could crush Angela’s skull Or use her claws to rip out her throat

He sed a growl, ignoring the voice that warned his hesitation ht cost hie

He would have his revenge, he gri all expression from his face, he watched Dylan slowly turn, her cri a frustration

"Long ti hole in the head," he retorted, allowing only a brief glance toward Angela as studying hiave up any claim to loyalty when you killed Adam and Fiona"

"I know you won’t believe me, but I wish their deaths hadn’t been necessary"

Niko shrugged aside the feret He’d been the one to discover the two Sentinels Adaone into Dylan’s room to check on her, while Fiona had been shot in the back of her head while standing guard at the entrance to the psych ward

Adatihter to him