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It was nothing short of a sin to clai house Although there had been a few pathetic attempts to slap paint on the walls and cover the threadbare carpets with throw rugs, the only thing that could improve the place was a bulldozer

But, despite the fact that the squalid roo inally war on the street, and for the moment, it was derudging war that Salvatore had tossed into her lap and atteht How did you straighten out thoughts that were a muddy, tumbled, confused mess?

All she had wanted was to discover the truth of her past

Sihtforward

Ha

If Salvatore was to be trusted, which was a stretch she wasn’t yet willing to take, then the truth of her past was that her iven birth to a litter of four babies Babies who had promptly been stolen and sold on the black market

It was a plot that only Hollywood could inspire

Jeez After the past few hours, she was terrified to even consider the thought of who (or what) her father ht be

Or, how she had been supposedly sold on the black market only to end up in an endless series of foster hoh to make any poor woman’s head ache

And throb

Andbuzz?

Darcy dropped her salad, then pressed her hands to her forehead, battling the sudden sense that a black hole was forave a sh her head "Sacre bleu, I know you can hear rowled

"Levet?" she breathed

’Out’

"Cripes, I’ my mind," she said, her voice unnaturally loud in the eoyle assured her "I a to you with a portal"

Ridiculous, of course She gave a shake of her head The tiny demon wasn’t actually inside her skull

Or at least she hoped not

At this point she illing to believe anything

"A what?"

"A portal," he said, a hint of iic is quite formidable, and the fear of demons far and wide, there have been a tiny few occasions when it hasn’t gone exactly as planned, ed to release thesprite Of course, she was beautiful, and attired in thenever mind My point is that we need to do this quickly"

"So this is " She struggled to think what this actually was "Magic?"

"Of course" There was a brief pause "Where are you,a real (at least she hoped it was real) voice speaking in her head, Darcy wasn’t feeling particularly stupid

"Oh no I don’t want Styx tracking me down," she said "Not yet"

"Styx is still safely tucked in his coffin It is Shay who asked uard "Why?"

"She is concerned"

"She is also the mate of Viper," Darcy pointed out dryly

"Mate, oui, but she possesses a mind of her own and she is very worried about you"

Darcy felt her heart war anyone worry over her

Still, she would never want to cause a rift between Shay and her mate

"Tell her thanks, but there is no need I’ve been taking care of ainst a pack of olves and determined vampires You need somewhere safe to stay" There was a short pause "And Shay wishes to re the oh-so-arrogant Styx"

Darcy couldn’t help but laugh She didn’t doubt for aoccasional jabs at the ht help to talk with someone else