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look. “But I will.”
“You just said it was a good thing we didn’t take things in that direction. And you meant it; I could tell.”
“I did. But there’s another part of me that’s not so logical. That part wants you no matter how dangerous it might be.”
“Darkness?”
“No. That’s the part that will kill to protect you. The part that wants you, it’s all me, Shea.”
“I’ll be the logical one. I want to go back to the way we were, only friends. Nothing . . . sensual. Can we do that? Because I miss you in my life.”
“This is where you guys went.” The voice, nearly a growl, came from the side of the house where she’d just planted the replacements. Darius wheeled across flagstones that made his chair wobble. “Looking all tense like the last time I saw you two talking. Greer, what the hell are you doing to her? And what’s going on?”
Greer jabbed his finger in Darius’s face. “What’s going on is that you screwed up and put us all in danger!” Darius slapped at his finger, but Greer was faster, pulling it away before he made contact. “If you hadn’t killed that guy, none of these people would know about us. There wouldn’t be an order to get rid of us.”
Darius’s face twisted in a sneer. “You’re just pissed because you weren’t man enough to take care of Shea’s problem. You weren’t out there watching over her, didn’t follow that guy home and find those despicable letters and presents he was planning to leave for her. You weren’t man enough to take care of things.”
Greer fairly bristled. “So killing people makes you manly? Sending the police to Shea’s door, that’s your way of taking care of her problems?”
“All right, I missed the letter. I didn’t plan on them connecting her to him. But they have nothing on her or us, so it’ll fade away. The guy was a sick loser. How hard do you think the cops are going to work to find his killer?”
“That’s their job,” Greer said through gritted teeth. “But it’s the least of our problems. Shea’s father just tried to kill her.”
Now Darius turned to her, his righteous anger faded. “Shea, you all right?”
It was creepy how fast he changed moods. Her arms automatically slid into their protective gesture. “We’re fine. Greer showed up in the nick of time.”
“Of course he did,” Darius said, all that anger back again.
“At least I was man enough to be here when it counted,” Greer said.
Darius morphed to Darkness, launching out of his chair in his human shape, his hands ready to grab Greer, who morphed, too. The two wrestled, rolling across the ground.
“Stop!” she shouted. “We just fixed this place.”
Greer pounced on top of Darius, his fangs hovering just above his neck. “Enough,” he said on a growl. “You and I will deal with this later. Right now we have one more of those bastards out there. My birth father, Frost. If you want to play hero, you won’t waste our energy fighting.”
Darius remained still for a moment, making her wonder if he was going to spring back up again. He moved his arms out, raising them in surrender. Greer stepped off him and morphed back to man. Darius returned to his chair and did the same.
“This is why I moved out!” she said, flinging out her arms.
Darius wheeled toward the front of the house with quick jerks of his arms.
Greer stepped closer to her, his voice low. “No, you moved out to get away from your feelings for me. How’s that working for you?”
She narrowed her eyes at him. “Just fine.”
She started to walk away, but he pulled her arm, sending her spinning back into his body. She took a step back, but he didn’t release her.
“Because it’s not working for me. I haven’t seen you much in the three months since you moved out, but I can’t get you out of my mind.”
So he didn’t want to let the conversation go. “Surely there’s been one woman or two who’s helped.”
His mouth quirked in a slight grin, as
“You just said it was a good thing we didn’t take things in that direction. And you meant it; I could tell.”
“I did. But there’s another part of me that’s not so logical. That part wants you no matter how dangerous it might be.”
“Darkness?”
“No. That’s the part that will kill to protect you. The part that wants you, it’s all me, Shea.”
“I’ll be the logical one. I want to go back to the way we were, only friends. Nothing . . . sensual. Can we do that? Because I miss you in my life.”
“This is where you guys went.” The voice, nearly a growl, came from the side of the house where she’d just planted the replacements. Darius wheeled across flagstones that made his chair wobble. “Looking all tense like the last time I saw you two talking. Greer, what the hell are you doing to her? And what’s going on?”
Greer jabbed his finger in Darius’s face. “What’s going on is that you screwed up and put us all in danger!” Darius slapped at his finger, but Greer was faster, pulling it away before he made contact. “If you hadn’t killed that guy, none of these people would know about us. There wouldn’t be an order to get rid of us.”
Darius’s face twisted in a sneer. “You’re just pissed because you weren’t man enough to take care of Shea’s problem. You weren’t out there watching over her, didn’t follow that guy home and find those despicable letters and presents he was planning to leave for her. You weren’t man enough to take care of things.”
Greer fairly bristled. “So killing people makes you manly? Sending the police to Shea’s door, that’s your way of taking care of her problems?”
“All right, I missed the letter. I didn’t plan on them connecting her to him. But they have nothing on her or us, so it’ll fade away. The guy was a sick loser. How hard do you think the cops are going to work to find his killer?”
“That’s their job,” Greer said through gritted teeth. “But it’s the least of our problems. Shea’s father just tried to kill her.”
Now Darius turned to her, his righteous anger faded. “Shea, you all right?”
It was creepy how fast he changed moods. Her arms automatically slid into their protective gesture. “We’re fine. Greer showed up in the nick of time.”
“Of course he did,” Darius said, all that anger back again.
“At least I was man enough to be here when it counted,” Greer said.
Darius morphed to Darkness, launching out of his chair in his human shape, his hands ready to grab Greer, who morphed, too. The two wrestled, rolling across the ground.
“Stop!” she shouted. “We just fixed this place.”
Greer pounced on top of Darius, his fangs hovering just above his neck. “Enough,” he said on a growl. “You and I will deal with this later. Right now we have one more of those bastards out there. My birth father, Frost. If you want to play hero, you won’t waste our energy fighting.”
Darius remained still for a moment, making her wonder if he was going to spring back up again. He moved his arms out, raising them in surrender. Greer stepped off him and morphed back to man. Darius returned to his chair and did the same.
“This is why I moved out!” she said, flinging out her arms.
Darius wheeled toward the front of the house with quick jerks of his arms.
Greer stepped closer to her, his voice low. “No, you moved out to get away from your feelings for me. How’s that working for you?”
She narrowed her eyes at him. “Just fine.”
She started to walk away, but he pulled her arm, sending her spinning back into his body. She took a step back, but he didn’t release her.
“Because it’s not working for me. I haven’t seen you much in the three months since you moved out, but I can’t get you out of my mind.”
So he didn’t want to let the conversation go. “Surely there’s been one woman or two who’s helped.”
His mouth quirked in a slight grin, as
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