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Lexi’s brow creased “You’re expecting him to come after me if he’s still here?”

“I don’t expect him to But I’ve noticed that he bla In his mind, you’re probably the person who’s responsible for the situation he’s currently in Also, it turns out that you look a lot like soive hier onto you On the other hand, it ht not But I like to err on the side of caution, so I’d prefer that you have someone close by”

“I’ll do it,” I quickly declared,Sam and Jared’s head whip round to face me I explained, “Lexi’s my vessel She’s under my protection I’ll be the one atches over her”

Saaze back to Lexi “I’, then, that it’s okay with you if Dauard”

I went still inside, expecting Lexi to reed to be my vessel and perhaps even call

“I’h uard, but I won’t object to having one”

“Then it’s done” Saest that you skip work tonight Castor’s nest will be all stirred up They’ll be worried that his actions will have theht idea to talk to you and have you appeal to me and Jared to let the you So rather than have a bunch of people watching your back at the club, it would be better to simply take you out of the equation You have an issue with that?”

Lexi shook her head “Do you need me to let Maeve know?”

“Jared and I will do that You head to your place with Damien, or even to his place—whichever Once we’ve pinned down Castor, we’ll let you know”

CHAPTER EIGHT

(Lexi)

Du my purse on the sofa, I puffed out a breath “Well that took uard It never even occurred to me to wonder if Castor would stick around, let alone head my way”

Daaze intent on et to you if he does”

“I believe you”

“Do you?”