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Whatever she was trying to tell him, he had it wrong

and he was out of time.

Gahiji’s lips tightened until his mouth was a hard,

thin slash in his face. He was going to tear her heart

out. Dagan could sense it.

“I invoke my place as Sutekh’s son and bid you release her heart. You take her darksoul, Gahiji,” he

promised, “and I’ll claim yours.”

The other soul reaper froze. Dagan watched the

shock flicker across his features like the flare of a

match, there and then gone. He could feel Alastor’s tension as he watched them both, but he didn’t dare pull

his attention from Gahiji. He’d already made a mistake

that would likely cost Roxy Tam her life.

He wasn’t about to nail her coffin shut by making

another.

His words hung in the air. He’d never pulled rank

like that, never invoked the old man’s name, not once

in three hundred years. But now he did. And he’d

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gladly pay whatever price doing so cost him, because

if the look Gahiji shot him was any indication, there

was going to be hell to pay.

Eyes blazing, Gahiji made a sound of frustration.

“You choose an Otherkin over your own?” His words

dripped disdain.

“I choose to keep her alive for my own reasons,”

Dagan clipped. “You have no right to question what

they are, and I deny you the privilege.”

Gahiji stared at him, his face an expressionless

mask. Then he loosed his hold on her heart and pulled

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