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What the hell was she thinking? He was a creature
who ripped souls from mortals and carried them to the
Underworld to feed Sutekh’s voracious appetite. The
fact that they were darksouls yanked from human monsters didn’t change the facts. Maybe he didn’t limit
himself to those. How was she to know?
What shedidknow was that Sutekh was Aset’s
nemesis, her enemy, and so he was Roxy’s enemy. The
foe of the entire Asetian Guard.
Which made Dagan Krayl her enemy, because he
was not only Sutekh’s minion but his son.
And she knew it was his job to kill.
Once he got the information he sought, he just might
decide to killher.Because the information he sought
was ultimately about his brother’s killer, and Roxy had
the uneasy suspicion that maybe, just maybe, the
Asetian Guard had somehow been involved.
Worse—she shuddered—what ifshe’dsomehow
been involved? What if one of her multitude of tasks
has somehow linked to the reaper’s death? It wasn’t
outside the realm of possibility.
Her palms were damp, and she resisted the urge to
rub them on her thighs. Everything going through her
head was reason enough to ignore his broad shoulders
and damned inexplicable appeal.
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Only she didn’t step away.
Her heart twisted and froze as he shifted so his lips
rested against the angle of her jaw where it met her
throat. If she turned her face just a little, her lips would
