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“Oh Goddess…” She blinked twice “That’s why I can’t find Avi No witch or warlock would be powerful enough to continually blockshe’s in has ruby dust and a witch cloaking Avi…” She all but threw the crystal onto thewaste of ti—what are you wearing?” Her gaze dropped fro si with arousal

“Leathers” A corner ofas I stood togood that s pulsed

“I can—” she sed, “—see that Why are you wearing theed her lower lip between her teeth and every htened

“Because I had to handle a lycan etting the job done” I’d practically begged Alek for the assign it would take my mind off Jocelyn, but it hadn’t I’d been distracted the entire time, as if I’d left part of my consciousness back at the manor

“Right” She nodded and abruptly turned away, scooting off the blanket and wrapping everything—to include the htly frantic “You were handling a lycanto herself She stood quickly, the blanket in her ar together

What the hell was she pissed about now?

“Contrary to what you’ve seen, our Order has a job to do” My brow puckered in confusion “Jocelyn, you were fully protected the entire tione Why do you think Haas out here?”

Her eyes narrowed

Wrong thing to say

“Like I need protection?” She shifted the mess of blanket in her arms “Fro by over there, hoping they’ll get a glimpse of one of you?” She nodded toward the Do exactly what Jocelyn said

“That’s not what I meant, and those fe the vampires “It’s Cassandra you have to watch out for She’d eat her own young to get her nails into one of us” That little conniving aristocrat was also the reason my mate would have to be able to hold her own at court The second Cassandra realized another one of us was off the et on her back

Jocelyn could take her with a snap of her fingers

My stomach clenched It didn’t matter who Jocelyn could handle, since I wasn’t allowed to kiss the witch, let alonefor this woman?