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stopped the panic but for only a second. The scent of blood and damp basement filled her nose and she gagged. Cold damp air coated her skin and she shivered as she realized two things. First she wasn’t wearing any clothes and second, she wasn’t home in her bed.
    The panic that had subsided was back with a vengeance and it seized her throat. She gasped for breathe, each one coming out heavier than the last, but she couldn’t let the demon win because she had a feeling that somehow he got her, and her fears were what aroused him making him even more powerful than he was in his phantom form. Inhaling a breath, she tried to slow her heart forcing herself to calm the hell down and think. The last thing she remembered was Dix laying her down in bed and promising that he would keep watch.
    Eden had said good night but left to go to their hotel room to get their stuff. Both of them had decided they were moving in with her until she decided she was ready to bond with them. After that she remembered nothing.
    She got a distinct feeling that her worst fears were about to become a reality. After all of their talk about the Shadox demons and what it would be like if they took her, and she still had no idea what was about to happen to her. Her fate lay in a demon’s hands. Fear coated her tongue and she gagged again.
    “Hush girl, no one can hear you down here,” a raspy voice said. It was close but she couldn’t tell how close with the blindfold on.
    “Where am I?” she asked doing her best to hold back tears. She had to be strong. She couldn’t fall apart— it wouldn’t do her any good.
    “Stupid girl, it matters not where you are. What matters is what you’re going to give to me.”
    She trembled. “What do you want?”
    “Surely they told you about us. Don’t play dumb, it won’t help you here.”
    “You want their power.”
    The thing hissed and chills shot up her spin.
    “No, I want to have a body— a big masculine body that humans will bow to. Only a shifter is strong enough to hold my dark essence for all of eternity, but the powers will be a fun bonus. I need a body with a beating heart to be able to wreak havoc among you measly humans. Without one, I’m not even half of what I could be.”
    “You can’t have them. We’re going to bond, and then it will be useless to keep me. The bond is already forming, I can feel it.” She wasn’t lying. She could feel them. It was strange. They didn’t tell her that she would be able to feel them before they bonded, but she could feel Dix. He was in slight pain and was pissed as hell she was taken away from him. His guilt and confusion wove through her subconscious. He was beating himself up and the rage inside of him, that he normally locked up tight, was bubbling over the surface.
    Eden’s was worried not only about her but about Dix. He was angry he left even for a short time knowing the demons were after her. He blamed himself that Dix was hurt and that she was taken. He was supposed to be the leader. He had to be stronger, smarter, and never— ever let his guard down. She hated he was blaming herself and was trying not to question how she was able to read them. She was a human, nothing more, but the good news— she knew they would find her. Closing her eyes she called to them. Not that it would do any good, but she had to try. Her life depended on them finding her.
    The demon huffed and the air around her swirled forming goosebumps along her bare skin.
    “Impossible. The bond between shifters and their anchor does not begin until intercourse occurs. I would know, sense it, and you my dear haven’t had sex” — the demon paused and then chuckled— “for a very long time.”
    She felt a dark and sickly presence pressing against her skull and a sliver of cold brushed her arm and knew it was the demon. He rubbed against her skin. He may not have the flesh of body but he was still very real—and very much alive. His phantom fingers grazed her skin. The