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ascertained the senior Brethren had gone out of sight, and then made a smooth push off into the balmy breeze, banked left, and headed toward Ali’s apartment.
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    T he entire flight to Ali’s complex, Thane’s mind was troubled by Brohm’s visit. What had motivated him to come check on this matter? It didn’t seem that it would be a large enough deal to bring Brohm from his mountainside monastery retreat. Why did he have a personal interest in seeing the Asazi kept on Kormia? Certainly Saraz’s punishment was deserved, but could the Asazi really be a threat to mankind?
    He shook Brohm from his mind, and decided he would contact the Kormic Elders tomorrow. He felt confident they’d tell him what they always had, that there was no cause for concern. That the Asazi were on Kormia, and Saraz was under control and living a life that made him happy with his countless concubines.
    There it was—Ali’s car, in its spot, just as it should be. He flew lower, closing in on her apartment. Perhaps he’d look into her window—just to make sure she was fine.
    Yes, nothing creepy. Nothing stalker-ish .
    Who the hell am I kidding? This is ridiculous. I’m acting like a lovesick puppy.
    Odd. There was no light on in her apartment. She typically went home and read or watched TV to unwind before she went to bed.
    Sick that I know her routine.
    Still, odd that there was no light on. Her place was on the third floor. He set down on the landing in front of her apartment, and stared at her door. He converted into his human form quickly.
    A clicking sound alerted him. The door unlocking.
    The door was opening.
    Too late to fly off.
    Damn.

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    A li clutched the baseball bat with a white-knuckled grip. Whoever it was out there, she was ready for them. She shifted to her human form quickly, unlocked the door as quietly as she could and stood next to it. She swallowed her fear down. Was it a fellow Asazi, here to take her back to Kormia? Was it Kal? Would he turn her in if it was him?
    She threw the door open with all her might and ran onto the landing, the bat cocked.
    She crashed into a tall, dark form in a black suit.
    “You,” she hissed, which was the best she could do with the lump of fear a solid entity in her throat, blocking speech.
    “Me?” the man asked, raising a brow, putting a finger on that chest of his, a wide, musclebound chest.
    His voice was just like it had been in her dreams. It coursed through her mind, striking all the right neurons, protons, and electrons, leaving behind a searing buzz that was oddly pleasurable.
    His eyes were the same intensity as that night. His gaze sparking a surge of energy that flew through her body with the speed and force of a fireball.
    She didn’t lower the bat, though she couldn’t explain why; she felt no concern at all that he was a threat to her. What she did want was an explanation for was his being there.
    “Yes.” She took a step back, putting distance between herself and the man who didn’t seem a stranger at all. It was as if she’d always known him. “You.” She pointed his way with the bat’s tip. “Explain your presence on my landing.”
    “Not happy to see me?” He looked genuinely sad.
    “No. Yes. Wait.” She shook the bat at him. “Answer my question and don’t…” Don’t what? I don’t even know what I’m saying to him. How can he have me so tongue-tied?
    “Don’t what?” His smile was the same as she’d dreamt it to be. How could her dreams have been so accurate?
    “Don’t change the subject. Why are you here?”
    “I wanted to see you again. I’ve wanted to see you every night since that night.” He ran long, sensuous fingers through wavy, glossy hair that was darker than midnight on a moonless night. “I have seen you every night since that night. In my dreams. I wanted you in the flesh.”
    A shiver ran through her, and she felt sure that he knew the effect he had on her. It unnerved her.
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    T hane could barely make a coherent