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ome easy. My mind played Jax's moaning o

d..S

"darker, sicker" one, would hit

ted

st of all, I hated h

s took o

-

as quiet. The air was thick w

om. I didn't know how to face Jax after what I had witne

inting metal. Rhys was already sitting. He sat at a

s, locked with mine for a moment befor

s not

r than I felt. I took a slice of

d, drinking slo

?" I inquired, tryi

g. "He doesn't descend for breakfas

ng his penis? I thought, the r

ver

toast, forcing mysel

sumed my toast and my juice. I didn't want to fe

I said, gathering my pla

learing the table, gliding with a quiet, s

es into the sink, I asked

t glance at me direct

ed, my own voice

ne

at. No

ere with his "

ose I'm to

from between my fingers. It hit the countertop with a resounding CRACK

before they cut through my feet. My fingers reached

as on the opposite side of the kitche

ping my injured finger in a soft but unyielding grip. The tiny cut, already

ore his head bent. He brou

er it. His tongue, warm and wet, wrapped

t t

in, sucking something from me. His golden eyes, always

his chest. His gaze met mine, holding me where I stood. I sensed

t just my

idgety but uncompromisi

o of my finger, his eyes flicking away, with the som

n on the dinner table." His breathing was in ragged gasps, jaw clenched as i

m, my numb finger

earth

he j

ck

finished the cleanup

ble. And there-sure enough, was a small, red bu

ss

at pu

screamed j

curiosi

ne

his house is hiding. My finger t

, clear voice from a big, green plant on the table. I

uth o

king p

stammered. "I...was to

. Go to the main hall. Turn left f

az

if dreaming. I turned left for the first time. T

nding beside what looked like a sol

n, with a great whoosh, a section of the wall slid aside. It opened onto a shiny

ed. He stepped out ont

fully controll

us, moving us down silently. It wa

ights. Rhys moved forward to a box-like tool close to

g.

r hisse

athed,while

ce looked like the most fanta

olographic maps and rivers of co

e was i

n, his brow all furrowed, pointing at

tal change from that wrecked look on his face the night before. And Milo, the baby, w

th all their might. They looked up when Rhys and I arrived, their eyes flashing

n't some

undergroun

hese

rt said.They were a heck of a lot more c

old eyes just cutting through me. "Welcome, Thalia,

at him, but he just

as dull as a pancake. "Since you'r

ly fell ont

emanded, perhaps a tad too loudly. "I'm

s locked on mine. "At least until your mom's deal settles itself b

g, like I said, you need

pau

extremely sensitive to human b

ographic screen right nearby. It lit u

, moving, showing all these li

tally a command, "read this guy's body langua

ou actually want me to play games?" I glared at them, d

changed, the electricity of it seeming to

is voice was deep, but it vibrated w

en in front of him, his hands draped across the keyboard, his face a mask of rapt intensity

. I was still angry,

n and forced myself to actually

just a little bit longer than they ought to have after he stared directly in

words coming to me as if

ething huge, something he thinks is going to kill him." I red

d typing with ferocity. His fingers danced over the keys,

en to make out, his eyes reading off lin

n the main screen with avid interest. He appeared to be hacki

is hand on the keyboard, Jax leaned back, a

s of code vanished, to be replaced by conf

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oyful sound. Rhys's sorrowful eyes smoothed into a real smile. They appeared as if the

e was still strained, his gold eyes wide. He wasn't lookin

ed. His hands were fists at his sides, his shoulders sl