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similar, if not worse. Even if he had not knowingly given himself to darkness, his experiences might have carved his soul in a way that darkness was an inevitable path.
    She started to move away, almost afraid what he might do but froze when his hand fell on her forearm.
    “Ask me your question,” he said.
    Justus stilled against the wall. Rachel couldn’t tell if it was concern over her safety or something more general. She glanced to the door.
    “We don’t have much time,” he whispered. “Ask before your boyfriend gets here.”
    Rachel opened her mouth and then closed it and frowned. Boyfriend?
    She could hear harsh words just outside the door and jumped when Rem swept his hand down. Not even thinking, she placed the cold metal to his chest and was glad to hear the steady thump of his heart.
    The door swung wide and banged against the wall. Rachel spun around. Her dark hair whipped behind her. Marius stood, dark and brooding, in the doorway. His amber eyes sought hers, and under their weight, she shifted uncomfortably. He followed her hand to Rem’s chest and a loud rumble filled the room.
    “What the fuck is going on?” he said slowly, as if she might not understand what he was saying.
    Rachel stepped away from Rem, and the tension in the room seemed to ease a little.
    “I was checking in on my patients,” she said with ease.
    She’d never needed to lie before. Actually, before living with the hybrids, she’d never even thought she’d need to in order to treat a patient, but there she was. A ball of dread wadded in her stomach. She hated this.
    “That’s right, Numbers,” Rem said from behind her. He stepped a little closer, and Marius moved into the room from the door. Rachel watched his strides into the room and remembered seeing him earlier in the day.
    “Marius,” he replied. He now stood just in front of her. She could feel Rem step up to her back, and Rachel was starting to wonder if being in the middle of these two was really the place she wanted to be.
    “Rachel is just going to finish up her very thorough examination,” Rem said. He pulled her back a little, and she gasped, more from surprise than fear.
    Marius’s hand shot out and pulled her hard against his chest. She teetered for a moment as she tried to regain her balance.
    “Like hell she is,” Marius said. “This examination is over.”
    Not waiting for her to say one way or the other, he picked her up and moved to the door. She blinked several times, not even beginning to know what to say in the situation. Once in the doorframe, he turned to Rem.
    “And it’s Doctor Miller to you, fucknut.”
    The door slammed shut so hard the frame rattled around it.
    “I can—” she began.
    “No,” Marius said sharply.
    Zeno and Servius watched them, their faces impassive.
    Rachel held her tongue and let him carry her to her office. With ease he opened the door and walked in. Once inside, he placed her on the floor in front of him.
    “What the fuck were you thinking?” he shouted.
    Rachel stared at him in shock. It hadn’t really been what she thought he was going to say.
    “What?” she said, blinking.
    Marius started to pace the office. “You know what I’m talking about,” he said and shot her a look.
    Rachel’s heart kicked up.
    “You go in there, and you let someone like him put his hands all over you,” Marius spit out and leaned against her desk. “You know how dangerous he is.”
    Rachel let out a sigh. He hadn’t guessed her plan. “Wait, what?”
     
    Marius turned. His hands clenched in irritation. He could smell that fuck on her from over here, and it pissed him off. That lousy bastard had done it on purpose. Rem was trying to mark what he wanted. Well, he couldn’t have her. No one could. Rachel wasn’t for any of them, but least of all someone like that freak Rem.
    “You need to stay away from him,” he said.
    Rachel twisted, and the animal in him roared in anger. She was going to pick the prick over him, and