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too
raw.
    It made her uncomfortable.
    “Fuck.”
    Deidre recognized the growl of the
half-demon and faced him. Flanked by the Immortal she knew as Kiki
and two more, Rhyn stood several meters away. The silver-eyed
half-demon was tall and muscular, the air around him rippling with
power. It was the opposite of Darkyn’s, whose was subtle and
calming. Rhyn’s energy made her edgy.
    “You’ve been gone, what? Three days? And you
come back with a double-bond to someone new?” He shook his head. He
motioned for the Immortal behind her to leave. “Does Gabe …”
    Her sharp intake of breath stopped him.
    “Double-bond,” one of those behind Rhyn
said. “What is a double-bond?”
    “It’s what the Dark One does when he doesn’t
want his mate disappearing on him,” Rhyn said. “I sensed you
arrive.”
    He approached and circled her, pausing
behind her. Self-conscious in front of Gabriel’s closest friend,
Deidre faced him, tilting her head back to meet his liquid silver
eyes.
    “Did you say Darkyn is the Dark One?” Kiki
asked.
    “Looks that way,” Rhyn replied. “No one else
can turn a human into a demon, and only demons blood bind.”
    “He is,” Deidre confirmed.
    “I thought you were in Atlanta.”
    “It’s a long story,” she replied. “One
Gabriel doesn’t know and probably shouldn’t for another few
days.”
    “We match.” Rhyn bared his teeth to display
canines similar to Darkyn’s that would lengthen when he was
hungry.
    “Mine don’t retract,” she said with a
grimace.
    “The teeth of a demoness don’t. You left
Gabe’s human mate and came back a demon bound to Darkyn. He wasted
no time in turning you and blood-binding you.” Rhyn studied her for
a moment. “What the fuck happened?”
    Uncertain how to respond, Deidre laughed
uncomfortably at the amount of bewilderment his question
contained.
    “Rhyn, care to share?” Kiki asked.
    The half-demon looked over her head at the
group behind her. He frowned. Deidre tried to figure out what it
was she was supposed to say. She wanted to ask after Gabriel but
didn’t. She also wanted to step outside and see the forest. She
missed nature in the time she’d been in Hell.
    “We need to talk in private,” Rhyn said for
her ears only. “There’s another issue you haven’t figured out
yet.”
    She frowned. Rhyn took her arm and started
away.
    “I’ll let you know, Kiki,” he called to his
half-brother. “We’re going to talk about demon shit.”
    “What? Rhyn, you can’t –” Kiki objected.
    “Later, Kiki.”
    Deidre didn’t resist, uncertain why he
looked grim suddenly. They didn’t go far. He led her into a large
study with a huge, brown leather couch near a dead hearth. She
brightened at the sight of the comfortable seating. Rhyn released
her and locked the door behind him then paced, rubbing his jaw.
    “What’s wrong?” she asked, concerned by his
actions.
    “You shitting me?” he returned. “You come
back a demon and want to know what’s wrong?”
    She flushed.
    “A demon of human origin. It’s like Gabe
being turned Immortal. You reek of Darkyn’s power.”
    Deidre tucked her knees to her chest and
wrapped her arms around them, watching him pace.
    “First. What are you doing here?” he
demanded.
    “I don’t know. Darkyn sent me. He said he
had a message, and that I’m the message,” she said. “If you don’t
know, then I’m not sure.”
    “Oh, I get the fucking messages.”
    “What are they?” she asked, puzzled.
    “One, he’s letting me know
he’s the Dark One. I’m assuming the transition happened recently.
We didn’t know. Two, this is a personal fuck-you, addressed to me
from the Dark One. Three,” he paused, studying her. “You. His mate.
His human, blood
bound mate.”
    “Why is that important to you?”
    “No demon can waltz into
the middle of my stronghold without being chopped to pieces. If you
were a demon and his mate, you’d be missing your head. You’re
a human mate, or
were