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So loosened in Benedict’s eyes, and Alek actually dipped his head “Thank you,” he said, and my mouth dropped open in shock

Beco friends with Avi had been easy, but I was da va as hell lie detector assassin

“Tell Benedict what you need,” Alek said “He’ll make sure you have it I’ll need you to retire to your roo Hunters”

On a norht’ve pushed back at the way he’d said retire like it wasn’t an actual order, but tonight wasn’t a norht Not after what happened, and definitely not with that still-cold terror clinging to my skin

It wasn’t often I was surprised or bested, and I didn’t fucking like it

I nodded to Alek, walking toward the servant aited patiently in the doorway to take me towith the cool eyes of Benedict, who silently screa me even when I didn’t know it

I hurried out of the roo shown to a more private space I needed time to think, time to sort my mind out, but most of all I needed time to plot Because those assholes had taken my friend, and I was one witch they shouldn’t have fucked with

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“I’on snapped, his eyes sliding into a darker, navy-blue color than his usual hazel Being around the hunter took a little getting used to, especially since his elemental powers manifested in his eyes whenever his temper flared

“Is blue bad?” I asked Ajax under my breath as we sat around the onyx table of the war room

A slight ser's lips “Better than yellow”

But never red Red was the color of bloodmadness, the only affliction that scared the shit out of every vampire with half a brain

“Half hour,” Lachlan warned

In thirty minutes, we’d be in Conclave with the other supernaturals, and Alek would be forced into a position of weakness by ad that two days had passed and ere no closer to finding Avianna or the twins