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she had to be eliminated, and she refused to stand idly by while Zander or Gerrick killed her. No, there had to be another way.
    “We can contain her. What we need to be asking right now, is what Kadir gains from this. He canna be planning to use her to harm us directly. He has to know we wouldna allow her to roam freely in the compound, which means no opportunity to search for the amulet. He has upped the ante in his bid for the Triskele Amulet, and taken greater risks than any archdemon before him. I just doona see what he accomplishes with this. Perhaps he hopes to create dissention among us. Look at how we argue aboot it already. I willna allow this to cause a split between us. Now, more than ever, we need to stand together. The stakes are higher than they ever have been. ‘Tis clear he is still after my mate. Neither she, nor Cailyn, is to leave the compound without protection. Jace, send Jessie’s blood to the scientists for testing, and make sure it’s their highest priority. We must learn all we can, as fast as we can. Until then, she will be locked in the dungeon,” Zander ordered.
    “Jessie is not a danger to be locked up and she is no one’s guinea pig. She is a twenty-eight year old accountant and she matters,” Cailyn protested. Jace grabbed her chin between his thumb and forefinger, forcing her to meet his gaze, trapping her there for several seconds. Something flared between them, fanning the slow-burning fire in her abdomen, despite the excruciating pain in her body.
    Finally, he broke the silence, making her realize the entire room had gone quiet. “Cailyn, we have to contain her. We need to study her in order to help her. She is changing, yes, but I can’t say with certainty what will happen next. I promise you that she will not be tortured or harmed with the testing,” Jace said to reassure her. Problem was, it did the exact opposite.
    The hurt that welled up was potent. Given how protective he had been acting, and how close he was holding her, she thought he felt something for her. The moment he had taken her from Jax’s arms, electricity had sparked between them. His statement felt like a betrayal of all that. It was ridiculous to feel that way, especially, since it was impossible to forge such an expectation in a short time. Still, it was there. Cailyn needed to keep her head about her. Jessie and Elsie were everything to her, and she’d never forgive herself if anything happened to either of them.
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    Shaking uncontrollably, Jace feared he would drop Cailyn if he didn’t calm down. He was drowning in the flood of his emotions. He was awed by her beauty, and at the same time, arousal ran a hot race through his body. Saliva pooled in his mouth, and his stomach churned. He silently cursed the revulsion his body had to any arousal. He wanted to beg the Goddess to give him one night where he didn’t get sick to his stomach and could indulge in a female. He should have known that after seven centuries of nausea, he wasn’t going to experience anything else.
    Thankfully, he had lived with the sensation long enough that he functioned perfectly well. However, that didn’t stop the shame from running hot through his veins. He wished he were a normal male, rather than the ruined shell he had become.
    He wanted more than anything to be able to lose himself in a female’s body. But not just any female. He wanted this one, more than he had ever wanted a female. Problem was, he’d never pursue Cailyn, because he refused to taint her. It could never go any further between them. No one needed to live with the hell that he dealt with night and day. Still, he was drawn to her like a moth to the flame, and he’d gladly burn to ash for one night with her.
    He wanted those lush full lips pressed against his. Or better yet, wrapped around his aching cock. He could imagine her down on her knees, licking the fleshy head teasingly while she smiled up at him. And that fast, he was hard as steel in his