Pritkin muttered something that sounded fairly vicious. โMy clothes are warded! Even if I wished to accede to your demand, it would not work on them.โ โThen strip.โ โI beg your pardon?โ He sounded almost polite suddenly, as if he believed he couldnโt possibly have heard right.
Karen ChanceThen you must be willing to fight," Mircea responded. "Life is not a gift, Raphael; it's a challenge. Rise to it!
Karen ChanceMircea must have heard us come in, but he continued what he was doing. He stood with his back to us, the candlelight on his bare skin causing his muscles to fall into sharp relief. Heโd washed the river gunk out of his hair and now he threw it back, the water droplets shimmering in the light. The scene looked for all the world like a really good romance novel cover.
Karen ChanceThe Circle had been less than thrilled by its choice, but we'd finally come to terms. As in, they were no longer trying to play Whac-A-Mole with my head. Only now they seemed to think they had the right to make sure that nobody else did, either. That was a problem, because the vampires felt the same way and the Senate didn't share well.
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