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That’s not good. If even Jo doesn’t want to talk about it, shit must be bad.

With everyone else gone, it was just Sloan and Cash left with me, both who seemed on edge that I’d even ask.

Sighing in resignation, Cassius finally spoke up, “I’m sure you can gather what they use to power their magic, but it’s human blood and sacrifice. It’s darker magic than what Eros used, and it’s corrupted bloody stuff. It’ll eat away at your humanity until there’s nothing left. Let’s just say that Fredrick and his coven have been using it for avery long time, so they’re not people others like to mess with. And for some reason, they still operate just bloody fine with the Organization running the show here. Makes a bloke wonder who their friends are.”

As if he’d lost interest, Cassius pulled another rock from his pouch, and it hummed and glowed over his palm. “I need to do a few things before we leave. Toodles!” The magic in the air cracked and snapped, then the Dark Fae was gone.

Sloan brushed back his hair and expelled a tired breath. “I wouldn’t let it worry you, love. We have time to work out the details, and if Jo helps you control your power, we’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who posed a challenge for you.”

I smiled without meaning to. “Seems awfully convenient to put it all on me, you celebrity god.”

His eyes jerked over to the stairs, on the outlook for any prying eyes or ears. When he didn’t find any, he took a step closer and leaned down. His face hovered just inches from mine. “I’ll be right there beside you every step of the way.”

When I failed to say anything, caught totally off guard by a flirtatious Sloan, the beautiful jerk stole a kiss before heading upstairs, too.

My heart would never figure out how to deal with all these gorgeous flirtatious types. Never.

But it was an odd sort of quiet that fell over me as I stood alone in the living room, post Eros destruction and telling two men I was into them. Where the sensation of something looming nudged at the senses. Where my heart found a normal rhythm before it went back to its usual case of erratic and out of control.

One thing was for sure, my story was just getting started. With the Seven as our next stop on the road to vengeance, it was the eerie silence before the atomic blast. Shit was about to get a hell of a lot crazier.

To be continued…