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what you’re talking about, Magnolia.” Rose’s tone was short, but surprisingly
sedate in Mac’s opinion. Almost too careful. “And you don’t know me at all. You never
did.”
Mac reached behind his back to touch her, wishing he could comfort her. “There is
no need to quarrel with your sister, Magnolia. She found me and I’ve chosen to allow
you to take me in as soon as we’re off stage. You can watch us the entire time…”
He heard feminine laughter coming from behind a row of costumes and he couldn’t deny
the feeling of dread it inspired. Five demons who had never failed to collect a bounty.
The darker tales he’d heard about them were unpleasant, to say the least.
Magnolia clapped with mock excitement. “Can we, Daddy? Can we watch?” She rolled her
eyes and then smiled ominously. “I have a better idea. We’re going to do more than
watch, sweetie. We’re going to participate. And then we’re taking you, and your kitty and our turncoat cousin in for good measure. The three of you started
this, you may as well end it together too. If that doesn’t earn us a bonus, I don’t
know what will.”
“No.”
Magnolia froze. “No? Did he just say no to me?”
Mac wouldn’t play her game. “I believe you heard me, demon. You don’t touch them,
or there is no deal. No deal with the vampire, and you don’t get your payday.”
“Ivy?”
“Yes, Magnolia?” an obedient voice floated over the clothes rack.
“He’s negotiating. Show him why this isn’t a negotiation. Knock him out.”
“Yes, Magnolia.”
Rose called his name but her voice sounded far away. Mac was falling. The room was
spinning. The world was going black.
He’d wanted to kiss her goodbye. Now he wouldn’t get the chance.
Chapter Six
Rose should have seen this coming. Should have convinced him to run—used her genetic
wiles to get him to agree. But no, she’d impulsively wanted an adventure in Las Vegas.
She wanted to sing with him and watch him play hero to two sweet humans. She’d wanted
him all to herself.
She had been a fool.
“Daisy, don’t let her do this,” she pleaded softly. “All these people...”
Her sister looked up at her through bright blue curls with sad eyes. “You should have
called her, Rose. There’s no reasoning with her now, you know that. We have to let
her have her way and then it will be over.”
Magnolia had to have her way. How many times had she heard that through the years?
Her mother had started it, a demon too busy to bother with the brood of children her
demonic needs had produced. Magnolia was the oldest, so she was in charge of them
all.
The only problem was, her oldest sister was the battiest of the bunch. Mean as a snake,
vindictive and unhinged, she could ensnare a man with a skill that was astounding,
but what she did to him when she caught him had never sat well with anyone but Ivy—the
other crazy one with, unfortunately, the strongest power of them all.
And now Magnolia had Mac. Onstage. Chained up and wearing nothing but a sheet around
his waist as the audience murmured in horror.
Magnolia bowed and waved at the crowd. “Don’t bother clapping or trying to stand up
ladies and gentlemen—my sisters have guaranteed we have a captive audience for this
part of the competition. Human and otherwise.” She snickered. “Get it? I suppose you
do. Luckily stand-up comedy is not why we’re here. This is a piece of art I like to
call The Duet. Rose? Daisy bring out our little Rose.”
Daisy walked forward obediently, and Rose had no choice but to follow the holder of
the chain Ivy had wrapped her wrists in. “We don’t have to do this. He said he was
giving himself up.”
Magnolia gripped Rose hard by the chin and shook it hard. “A bounty doesn’t give itself
up, Rose. After all these years do you really not know that? We take it by force.
Especially when so much is on the line.”
Her
sedate in Mac’s opinion. Almost too careful. “And you don’t know me at all. You never
did.”
Mac reached behind his back to touch her, wishing he could comfort her. “There is
no need to quarrel with your sister, Magnolia. She found me and I’ve chosen to allow
you to take me in as soon as we’re off stage. You can watch us the entire time…”
He heard feminine laughter coming from behind a row of costumes and he couldn’t deny
the feeling of dread it inspired. Five demons who had never failed to collect a bounty.
The darker tales he’d heard about them were unpleasant, to say the least.
Magnolia clapped with mock excitement. “Can we, Daddy? Can we watch?” She rolled her
eyes and then smiled ominously. “I have a better idea. We’re going to do more than
watch, sweetie. We’re going to participate. And then we’re taking you, and your kitty and our turncoat cousin in for good measure. The three of you started
this, you may as well end it together too. If that doesn’t earn us a bonus, I don’t
know what will.”
“No.”
Magnolia froze. “No? Did he just say no to me?”
Mac wouldn’t play her game. “I believe you heard me, demon. You don’t touch them,
or there is no deal. No deal with the vampire, and you don’t get your payday.”
“Ivy?”
“Yes, Magnolia?” an obedient voice floated over the clothes rack.
“He’s negotiating. Show him why this isn’t a negotiation. Knock him out.”
“Yes, Magnolia.”
Rose called his name but her voice sounded far away. Mac was falling. The room was
spinning. The world was going black.
He’d wanted to kiss her goodbye. Now he wouldn’t get the chance.
Chapter Six
Rose should have seen this coming. Should have convinced him to run—used her genetic
wiles to get him to agree. But no, she’d impulsively wanted an adventure in Las Vegas.
She wanted to sing with him and watch him play hero to two sweet humans. She’d wanted
him all to herself.
She had been a fool.
“Daisy, don’t let her do this,” she pleaded softly. “All these people...”
Her sister looked up at her through bright blue curls with sad eyes. “You should have
called her, Rose. There’s no reasoning with her now, you know that. We have to let
her have her way and then it will be over.”
Magnolia had to have her way. How many times had she heard that through the years?
Her mother had started it, a demon too busy to bother with the brood of children her
demonic needs had produced. Magnolia was the oldest, so she was in charge of them
all.
The only problem was, her oldest sister was the battiest of the bunch. Mean as a snake,
vindictive and unhinged, she could ensnare a man with a skill that was astounding,
but what she did to him when she caught him had never sat well with anyone but Ivy—the
other crazy one with, unfortunately, the strongest power of them all.
And now Magnolia had Mac. Onstage. Chained up and wearing nothing but a sheet around
his waist as the audience murmured in horror.
Magnolia bowed and waved at the crowd. “Don’t bother clapping or trying to stand up
ladies and gentlemen—my sisters have guaranteed we have a captive audience for this
part of the competition. Human and otherwise.” She snickered. “Get it? I suppose you
do. Luckily stand-up comedy is not why we’re here. This is a piece of art I like to
call The Duet. Rose? Daisy bring out our little Rose.”
Daisy walked forward obediently, and Rose had no choice but to follow the holder of
the chain Ivy had wrapped her wrists in. “We don’t have to do this. He said he was
giving himself up.”
Magnolia gripped Rose hard by the chin and shook it hard. “A bounty doesn’t give itself
up, Rose. After all these years do you really not know that? We take it by force.
Especially when so much is on the line.”
Her
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