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disapproval and disgust that had been slamming into my mind since Slayer first pulled me into his embrace. After a couple minutes, the invading force successfully bludgeoned the passion from my soul.
    I felt Darma’s repulsion before her angry screech of a voice thumped against my frontal lobe.
    Astra! Get a grip!
    I tried to ignore her. Slayer’s hand was sliding over my hip, cupping one of my buttocks in heat and sensation.
    Astra!
    I jumped and Slayer lifted his head, breaking his drug-like kiss.
    I whimpered, reaching for him with an embarrassing desperation.
    Darma reached out and touched my arm, sending a few thousand volts of electricity into the spot as discouragement.
    “Ouch! Shit!” My skin sparked and pain stabbed into me. Slayer jumped away, his gaze sliding to Darma for the first time.
    I rubbed my arm petulantly as their gazes met.
    They stared at each other for a long moment, neither of them blinking. I couldn’t tell if they liked what they saw or were just surprised to discover each other there.
    Something surged between them, Darma’s blue eyes softened slightly, and Slayer finally smiled. Neither of them spoke or moved.
    I finally waved a hand in front of Slayer’s face, feeling surprisingly unhappy with his obvious interest in my sister. “Hello!”
    Slayer finally blinked and turned. His eyes were filled with heat when they landed on me, his smile seemed genuine. It was if he’d never seen my sister.
    Weird.
    “What are you doing, Astra? Whatever it is, I can help.”
    I started to shake my head and then realized I was being stupid. He was already there, and the Big Guy knew we needed help. I bit my lip and sighed. “All right. I need to move this nest of greens out of the building.”
    He frowned. “Nest?”
    “Yeah. There are babies.”
    “Frunk me.”
    I nodded. “I think if we can manage to knock out the female the babies will go along. Then we just need to figure out how to get them back to Hell.”
    He shook his head. “You can’t send them back, Astra. The greens are leaving Hell because they’re dying in record numbers there. The fires have been growing and the resulting sulfur is killing their offspring.” He jerked his head toward the building. “That female knew what she was doing when she left. She was saving her babies.”
    I knew the fires of Hell had been building recently. I didn’t like the trend. It had happened a few times throughout millennia, just before the human realm exploded into massive war.
    Shaking my head, I set that aside. A problem for another day. “Then we’ll need to get them to Olympus. Can you help with that?”
    “I think I can.” He touched my chin with a heated fingertip and smiled. My thighs tightened at the sight.
    Swallowing hard, I turned away from that smile. “You ready?”
    Darma nodded. Her expression still looked slightly stupefied. Her lips were parted and she seemed to be breathing kind of hard. Her pretty blue eyes were locked on Slayer’s fine backside as he turned toward the building.
    I smacked her on the arm, finally drawing the dazed look from her face, and then lifted an eyebrow at her hostile glare.
    Focus, I told her.
    An unfamiliar grin spread across her face. If I didn’t know her better I’d think it was a leer. I was focusing.
    I couldn’t help it, I smiled with her. No matter where my heart was promised, there was no denying it. Slayer was about as fine a male specimen as I’d ever encountered.
    And I couldn’t fault my sister for noticing.

CHAPTER TWO
    Slaying the Dragon
    The fires of Hell grow harsh and foul, endangering the greens,
    Sending them to Earth to nest, amongst the human bein’s.
    I took a deep breath and stepped back, preparing to blast the door from its hinges. I could feel Slayer’s heat at my back and his hot breath on my neck.
    Darma was loitering behind him. I had a pretty good idea what she was doing back there.
    I glanced at him. “I’ll draw her fire and you circle around. If we split