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Dang

She would trade her soul for a hot bath

"Darcy?"

The voice came from directly beside the tree, and Darcyfor her

"I’ly the half de "I’ve been so worried about you"

Feeling strangely aard at the open display of affection, Darcy glanced down at her rurimace

"Despite appearances, I’h take care of that," Shay assured her

"Why are we here?"

Shay tilted her head toward the sprawlingthere"

"Wow" Darcy gave a shaky laugh "It looks like a palace Who lives there?"

"It belongs to " Shay broke off before she heaved a heavy sigh "Well, hell, I s to Dante and Abby"

Darcy rolled her eyes Did deuess, vampires?"

"Dante is," Shay confessed "Abby, on the other hand, is a goddess"

Darcy sputtered at the ridiculous claioddess?

"Now you’re just ranking h "No, I’m afraid not, but I do promise you that Abby doesn’t act like an all-powerful deity In fact, I predict that you’re going to love her"

"You’re serious A goddess?"

"More precisely she carries the spirit of the Phoenix, which is worshipped by et any weirder?" Darcy er to her lips "The one thing I’ve learned over the past fewa red flag in the face of fate"

Darcy couldn’t argue with that "No crap," she said on a sigh

With an encouraging sed her deeper into the shadows

"This way," she whispered

"Why are we sneaking around?"

"There are always va watch on the estate They claim that they merely want to protect Dante and his wife, but the truth of the matter is that all demons want to keep track of Abby and the spirit she carries inside her"

"Why?" Darcy deave a s them to a tiny pile of dust with a mere touch It ht be at any given moment"

Good choice That was a heck of a trick