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his.
“I’m sorry.”
Her words nearly made him grab her and haul her
close and press his mouth to hers to taste that compassion, that warmth. But even a small taste would lead
to weakness. He had no doubt of that. And he already
seemed to have a hole in his armor when it came to her.
“This’ll heal.” He shrugged. “Told you, I cut my
heart out and put it on a platter in order to find you.
Trust me, that was worse.”
A short exhalation escaped her. “You say the strangest things.”
“He does, doesn’t he?” Alastor stepped closer and
gave him a hard look. AWhat the bloody hell is wrong
with you—why the bloody hell are you telling her this?
look. Dagan didn’t have an answer, and as Alastor and
Gahiji crowded forward, Dagan had to fight the completely unreasonable instinct to turn and bare his teeth,
to snarl a warning. He didn’t like the way Gahiji in par-238
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ticular was looking at her. Like she was a rare butterfly, and he was a collector.
In those circumstances, rare butterflies tended to
end up pinned to a board with their wings spread.
He had the insane urge to gather Roxy against him,
open a portal and find a nice dark hole to crawl into.
Just the two of them.
Which made about as much sense as anything else
that had happened tonight. He had no business feeling
territorial and protective. She was a human who had
chosen to ally herself with his enemies, the Daughters
of Aset, despite his warning. A mortal woman he had
met in passing eleven years ago, and left behind. Forgotten.
No.
