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“They deserted you, Ria,” he said, his voice quiet, but filled with anger “They should have raised you”

“They should have done exactly as they did” She turned

and faced him then “Actually, they should have done much less, in order to fully protect themselves I’m a hybrid, Mercury, and not even a particularly effective hybrid My talents are siressed For all intents and purposes, I’m merely hurateful for it”

“They didn’t love you,” he growled

She smiled sadly at the accusation “They loved me, Mercury And they love otten the value of silence My lover died in front ofme to stay Dane’s wrath Because my lover betrayed me He risked my capture, as well as the Leo’s, Elizabeth’s and Dane’s My bad judgain”

The li her jacket closer around her, she never felt the cold as she stepped out into it All she felt was the heat, clawing at her insides She had waited too long and she knew it Sating the horrific arousal tearing her apart wouldn’t be easy Nor would it be gentle

Mercury escorted her to the cabin, stepped inside ahead of her and waited as she entered He closed the door slowly, then locked it

The sound of the click was like a boue began to itch She closed her eyes She didn’t have the glands beneath her tongue that Mercury did; she didn’t have the hor heat But she could still feel the anomalies in her own body She had felt them since the first time she had come in contact with him

“What was his name?” Mercury asked her

Ria kneho hedown and unlacing her boots

“His name was Jason He was the son of one of Leo’s contractors They never realized what happened to their son Dane had his body flown back to Jo’burg and placed where he would be found It appeared an act of random violence”

“He deserved it, Ria,” Mercury growled

She turned to face him slowly “He didn’t deserve it I could have saved hiave me the choice and I remained silent Because I knew if I stayed his hand, Leo, Dane and the Breeds they had rescued over the years would never be safe again”

The choices Dane had been forced to make broke her heart The choice she had made that day had never broken her soul

“Which doesn’t explain why you didn’t tell your Breed h his voice was caler