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been when we were small, just as they were in my dreams.
    “Mariah,” she whispered.
    “Viorica,” I replied.
    We rushed toward one another and I wrapped my arms around her and she threw hers around me and we both cried.
    Overwhelmed, I didn’t notice when Kyros and Sasha left.
     
    ~~ Phoenix ~~
    I n Yorkshire, in the countryside close to the moors where we used to live, it was snowing. Despite where I stood at the foot of her grave, staring at her name, I couldn’t focus on Jane. All I could think about was watching Mariah wake up. When I had stepped inside the room, the cat meowed, and I saw her body stiffen beneath the covers. I could feel her tense awareness, and knew she was afraid. Terrified. But not of me. She didn’t know I was there until moments later when she opened her eyes and saw me. Her expression was unhappy; not scared. She didn’t like me, but at least she wasn’t afraid of me.
    Like it mattered.
    But there was no denying what I’d witnessed. Mariah was horribly afraid of something and I wanted to know, what?
    In the middle of my thoughts, Key materialized, carrying two rapiers. Was he fucking kidding? He looked through the falling snow at me, and I glared at him. “No. Just . . . no .”
    Ignoring me, s liding out of his coat, he tossed it aside and moved toward me, gripping the hilt of one sword in position to begin a match. He tossed the other into the air, and for a nanosecond, I thought about letting it split my head in two, but it wouldn’t kill me; it would merely hurt for a while. I might relish a different kind of pain, but the prospect of skewering Key held a lot more appeal. I caught it in the nick of time. “You arrogant, overbearing piece of shit, you had no right. None. There was no discussion, no request.”
    “She’s all that’s good. And she’s Jordan’s sister.”
    “I don’t give a damn if she’s our sister. Nobody brings a Lumina recruit to the mountain without asking.”
    “Let’s skip the bullshit, Phoenix. Do you want to fight, or do you want to stand there and yell at me?”
    “I’d like to cut your heart out and feed it to the buzzards.”
    Key whipped his rapier through the air. “Bring it.”
    I lunged, and Key parried, the loud ping of steel against steel ringing through the cold morning air. Next to Jax, Key’d always been the best of us when it came to swords, but not today. I had cold, steady rage running through me. At that moment, I hated Key as much as I hated Eryx.
    I fought with single-minded purpose, grunting my satisfaction when I thrust my blade into his only weak spot and pierced his side. He redoubled his effort, but I forced him into retreat, and we moved around the perimeter of Jane’s grave. Key missed dinner and it must have been a long time since he’d eaten anything. He was weakening. “Take her back.”
    “You can’t be serious. Her life is crap, Phoenix.”
    He made another thrust, but I easily deflected and countered with my own, slicing into his upper arm.
    “She’s not just some girl, not just Jordan’s sister. She’s Anabo, and we need her.”
    “ I don’t need her.” I let finesse slip and became more savage in my attack, my rapier moving with lightning speed.
    Grimacing in pain after I sliced across his chest, Key came back and slipped beneath my guard, landing a hard jab into my shoulder. “She’s another soldier in our dirty war.”
    I went after him and made another slice across his chest, shredding what was left of his shirt so that it hung in tatters from his shoulders. The snow on the ground was stained with blood, mostly Key’s. I was like a rabid dog, practically snarling. “ Always about the job, isn’t it, brother? God forbid you do anything that isn’t about Mephisto.”
    He lost his momentum after that and I wondered if what I’d said actually filtered through to his brain. It wasn’t much longer before he gave up. When I went for his heart, he didn’t raise his sword to protect himself, and I