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slayer.”
    She nodded. “And you’re Mathias,” she said, offering her hand to him. “Jenna.”
    His eyes narrowed and he growled at her ferociously. With incredible speed his hands shot out and gripped her arms, slamming her back into the side of the car. She gasped as the wind was knocked out of her. He held her tightly and leaned in threateningly. “Who sent you?”
    He knew it couldn’t be Silas. He would never employ humans, let alone a slayer. But who else would send a slayer to take him out?
    “No one. I’m not here to kill you,” she said.
    He gripped her neck. “Explain.”
    “Let go and I will,” she choked out.
    He released his grip but didn’t step back. “If you’re lying I will know. I can feel your pulse.”
    “I know,” she said, matching his intensity.
    He was bemused by the look in her eyes. No fear. She wasn’t afraid of him in the least.
    “I slay Immortalia soldiers. My family has been doing it for generations since they massacred their village over a century ago. The job passed to me about a decade ago.” She paused to take a breath and rub her sore neck. “I know war is coming. I want to stop them.”
    “Why would you come to me?”
    “Rumors are that you’re on the same mission, Guardian. I can help you.”
    Mathias laughed. “No.”
    “Why?”
    He pushed her against the car, holding her there with one hand as he fingered the choker around her neck with the other. He felt her pushing against him, but he was far stronger. He held his position for a few moments to make his point. And then he let go of her roughly. “That’s why. You’re human. You don’t have the strength.”
    “Really?” she asked, glancing at his heart.
    He followed her line of sight. His eyes widened. There, mere inches before his heart, she held a stake steady. She could have killed him at any moment and he hadn’t even sensed it. She was fast, faster than any human he had encountered. How?
    “You were too consumed with the prospect of biting me. The greatest weakness of your species—the inability to muster any self-control. Even you are not immune to it.”
    Mathias stepped back. “I wasn’t going to bite you.”
    “But just the mere prospect of it was intoxicating, right?”
    Mathias smiled with amusement. “Perhaps. It’s been a while since…” he trailed off, suddenly sensing something from her that unsettled him. He couldn’t put his finger on it. What was it? Whatever it was, it was hypnotizing.
    “Since what?” she pressed impatiently.
    Mathias forced the feeling aside and took another step back. “Since I’ve been that close to any human.”
    Jenna nodded her understanding. She already knew he hadn’t fed off a human for years. She’d done her research. In her line of work, if she wasn’t careful, she was as good as dead.
    “I can help you,” she told him.
    Mathias eyed her closely. The girl was good. She knew her enemy. She was amazingly quick on the draw. She was tough and rough around the edges. But she still had a lot to learn. Approaching him as boldly as she had was reckless. She was cocky. And cockiness was what got people killed.
    He rubbed the stubble on his chin as he considered her offer.
    “You can’t stop them alone. You’re one man,” she pressed.
    “I’m not a man.”
    “What about the daylight?”
    Mathias considered the situation. She was right about the daylight hindering his mission. It would slow his travels considerably. It also made him vulnerable to attack. She could come in useful in that respect. There was no doubt. But he was still hesitant. The truth was he was worried about the prospect of working so closely with a human, especially a woman. He had a weakness for human women. He was drawn in by them. What if it compromised his judgment? It was also extremely strenuous for him to suppress his vampiric instincts for an extended period of time. He was innately predisposed to see humans as prey. Could he hold back? It had been different with