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I sighed and took a step toward the ladder. Close enough to taste his pulse on my tongue like candy. I didn't get an answer, and I hadn't expected one. Shoot her, Mendez, I said into the mike.

I shook my head. Nothing too serious, and all of it involving too many drinks and not enough common sense. Those same officials had burned Asher's human servant and love, Julianna, at the stake. Nathaniel was standing just beyond, out of reach, but Byron was standing so close that it startled me.