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here,” I said, trying to slide past
Theo. “I’m ready.”
    Theo blocked me, eyeing me frostily. “No one
said anything to me about it,” he said stonily.
    “No one need tell you anything, Cat,” Lash
hissed. “You have no say.”
    “I have a say in Danial’s property,” Theo
growled. “I need to check with Danial before I let her leave.”
    “Then go check,” Lash said, baring his fangs.
“I’ll wait inside.”
    “You’ll wait outside,” Theo said, and slammed
the door in his face.
    “Theo, he’s right—”
    Theo grabbed a hold of my arm and hauled me
to Danial’s bedroom door. “Danial,” Theo said, pounding on the door
loudly. “Lash is here. He said he’s here for Sar.”
    Danial came to the door, dressed. “Theo, it’s
okay,” he said calmly. “It was good of you to check, but I knew Sar
was headed to Hayden tonight. Let her leave.”
    “You’re just going to let her go to him?”
Theo said, his tone dagger-filled. “I can smell that you were just
together.”
    Danial gave him a slow smile of
gratification. “Devlin has rights to Sar now, just as I do, whether
you like it or not. She’ll often leave one of us to go to the
other, something that doesn’t invoke my jealousy, as it’s a given
under our Oath. Reconcile yourself to this situation, or leave my
employ.”
    “As soon as the ranking’s settled, I probably
will,” Theo replied curtly. “And I’ll be taking Elle with me.”
    Danial’s eyes flashed red. “We’ve been over
this. If you want to leave with your woman, you’re free to go. But
Elle is staying here.”
    “Then stop the digs,” Theo shot back. “None
of us planned how this all worked out. If you want Elle to stay
here, then we need to work together.” He glanced over at me, then
back to Danial. “I don’t want to see anyone hurt.”
    “He isn’t going to hurt her,” Danial said
patiently. “He loves her.”
    “He loves nothing but himself, and you know
it,” Theo growled.
    Danial gave me a gentle kiss. “Have a good
time. Call tomorrow from Dev’s, and tell me when I can expect you
to return. If it’s a few days or more, that’s no problem; I’m neck
deep in cases.”
    “I will,” I said uneasily.
    Danial nodded, then went back into his
bedroom.
    “You must have worn him out,” Theo said
sarcastically. “He’s right about his work—”
    I tried to push past him. He blocked me.
    “Let me past, Theo.”
    “Sar, don’t do this,” Theo said, grabbing my
arm. “He’ll hurt you without Danial there to mediate—”
    “I’ve been alone with him before,” I said
meaningfully. “He didn’t do anything to me I didn’t want.”
    “Didn’t he?” Theo said just as meaningfully.
“Give him time. He will.”
    “It’s really not your business anymore, is
it?” I said mockingly. “Why does it matter to you, anyway?”
    The door suddenly banged open. Lash glared at
the both of us with his flat eyes as he walked in.
    “You broke the lock,” Theo bitched.
    Lash threw some money on the floor. “We are
late already, Sarelle,” he hissed. “Get moving. Now.”
    Everything happened at once. I went to move
past Theo, he put out his hand to stop me, and something slid
through the air with a sharp crack. Theo went rigid, grabbing at
his neck, choking, his eyes bulging, the end of Lash’s whip tight
around his throat.
    Lash held the handle of his whip in one hand,
and pulled it back toward him with the other. Theo went to his
knees, struggling frantically to get his hands under the whip, his
face purple. Lash looked up at me, smiled coldly, then gave the
whip a yank. Theo swayed, still clawing at his throat.
    “Stop, please,” I said wearily, moving
between Lash and Theo. “You’re right; we’re late. Let’s go.”
    Lash nodded, pushed me out of the way, then
flicked his wrist, uncurling the whip from Theo. Theo gasped, going
down on all fours on the mudroom floor, breaths tearing out of him.
Assuring myself he’d be okay, I went