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as he explained, “I saw you walking through the crowd and I grabbed you to get your attention.  When you started screaming I tried to hush you, but was met with some extremely sharp teeth.  What do you do to those things?  Are you filing them or something?”
    I shook my head at his words and laughed a little bit to myself.  I couldn’t understand why I thought I had seen Chris.  I started to believe that I had been hallucinating due to smoke inhalation.
    “Why were you trying to drag me around the side of the building?”
    Daemon’s body instantly tensed.  “What are you talking about?”  His confusion was obvious from the expression on his face.
    “When you first grabbed me, you tried to drag me to the back parking lot.” 
     “I only grabbed you once, Paige.  When did somebody try to drag you around back?!”  His voice had a lethal edge to it.  I’m not sure, but I could have sworn I saw Logan and Alex physically tense in response.
    “Right before you grabbed me…I broke free from him and ran to the nearest cop I could find.”
    Daemon immediately started pushing himself up off the ground.  I reached up to stop him, refusing to let him out of my sight again.  Daemon’s hands gripped around my shoulders as he peeled me off of him.  “Damsel, I need you to stay here with Alex and Logan while I go speak to the police to find out if they found that bastard.  I promise you, I’m not going far.”
    When Daemon was having problems removing me from his body, Alex and Logan grabbed onto me to pull me back.  Daemon’s expression was sympathetic as he got up and started walking towards a group of police officers that were huddled near the building.  My eyes followed him as he walked over and I relaxed some when he stopped to speak to them, remaining where I could see him.
    My eyes wouldn’t move from Daemon as Alex spoke from behind me.  “You should have stuck around here a little longer, Paige.  Daemon found us within a minute or two of you taking off.  I thought his head was going to explode when I had to tell him you ran away.”  Alex chuckled. “For a second, I was worried he didn’t care what was going on around us, I thought I was about to have to defend myself from a madman.  That is one scary dude you’ve got there.”
    I laughed at Alex’ remarks as my eyes traveled slowly over Daemon’s body.  He was a scary person alright, but in ways I would have never suspected.  He was the only man that had the ability to completely destroy me; body, mind and spirit.  My heart surged with love and admiration as I watched him talk to the group of officers.  An aggravated expression covered his face, most likely in response to upsetting news.  When he dragged his hand roughly through his hair, I knew that he was beyond frustrated with what he was being told.  However, despite the chaotic atmosphere, and despite the exhaustion that was consuming every cell in my body, I smiled brightly while taking in the sight of the love of my life.
    Daemon turned to look back over at me.  When his eyes met mine, his mouth turned up in the corner displaying the perfect little indentation in his cheek.  Before long, his grin changed into an even brighter smile.  Through the smoke, the people and the mayhem, Daemon and I connected on such a deep level when our eyes met.   I gasped at the feel of it.  For the first time in my adult life, someone held my heart in his hands.  I felt naked as he watched me from a distance, like every part of me was bared to him and him alone.  It felt like he could touch my soul just by looking at me.
    His hand came up to shake the officers’ hands before he turned to walk over to me.  He reached down with both hands to help me up and I immediately reached up to accept his assistance.  He smiled when he noticed that, for once, I didn’t slap his hands away and get up on my own.  Something had definitely changed between him and I. It was frightening and