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Indigo shrugged. “It’s a thought.”

Dom scowled. “A couple of problems. First, giving my blood to Maddy is illegal.”

Ohngel, exchanging glances with Indigo, said, “I told you so. It’s a no-go.”

“Yeah, yeah. But who’d tell, Dom? Not us. Sometimes, you gotta bend a few rules. Roark’s strategies to save Aeternals and humans showed his willingness to stray from a righteous path.”

“I’m not Ohngel.” Dom turned a sorrowful eye to Madeline. “Besides, it could make her malady worse.”

Indigo shrugged. “Sometimes ya gotta take a risk.”

“Second,” said Dom, “Immortals don’t mate.”

Ohngel grinned. “I beg to differ.”

The statement made Dom pause, glancing at Madeline. “I wouldn’t know how.”

Indigo patted Ohngel’s leg. “Neither did big guy. He proposed. I accepted. The mating bug struck. Of course, we were flying above Earth at the time and in the middle of the fight of our lives. But sometimes shit happens and you just go with the flow.”

Maddy was dying here, but drinking Dom’s blood was a no-no. The intensity of her urges was growing, even though she fought them. If they grew too unbearable, maybe Dom could extinct her.No. She’d never ask that of him after Gareth. She’d continue to struggle. She’d win.

In her head, she tossed around the notion of mating. Was it a step beyond what she already felt for Dom? A stronger tie? Maddy had no doubt that she loved the black-winged Immortal. But how did he feel about her? He cared about her, though all she had to offer was a repeat of Gar. How could she tie the man she loved to a Scourge?

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Maddy tipped her handabove her eyes to block the bright sun while she waited for Dom to appear in the sky. It had been a busy day for the Feard, apparently quite a few Immortals were turning into Scourges.

She spied four growing spots in the distance. “Here they come,” she shouted to Indigo who was refereeing Oskar and Freki.

Dom had invited the Feard for drinks, always finding diversions to keep Maddy busy and unfocused on blood. Indigo had arrived earlier with her gryphon.

Soaring into the yard first, Dom’s shadowy wings pounded the air until he landed beside Maddy on the grass. He pecked her cheek.

“Aw. That’s sweet,” said Indigo, tapping her mouth when Ohngel dropped down.

A dark cloud formed overhead, sleet and heavy rain pelting them. They raced for the cover of the house. The returning Feard gathered in Dom’s salon, sitting on the new couches and chairs.

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