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    Closing his eyes, he forced himself to think of nothing. To feel nothing. He couldn't let anything as
    petty as revenge or hate deplete him. He had too much to do.
    Kat wandered through the streets of New York, trying to get a bearing on Sin. He might not even
    be in the city anymore, but since he'd been here the night before, it was the most likely spot to search for
    him. A chill wind cut through her as she made her way through the holiday crowd.
    Honestly, she loved visiting New York at Christmas. She could well understand her father's need
    to be in the city this time of year. True, it was cold, but there was a lifeblood here as people rushed
    through the streets, shopping, working, and living.
    What she loved best was the decorated store windows and the fun themes their decorators chose.
    They were exquisite and made the hidden child in her giddy, especially when she saw other kids
    squealing in delight as they pointed to a window and then rushed to the next one, pushing past aggravated
    adults.
    Kat had never been so carefree. Even though she'd been sheltered, her childhood had never been
    innocent. She'd seen things no child should see, and though she tried not to be jaded, it was hard not to
    be.
    But those children who were laughing and giddy... the ones who had no idea how ugly the world
    could be—they were the ones she fought for. And those children were why she had to find Sin and stop
    him. He couldn't be allowed to prey on them.
    Not after what he'd done last night to that poor woman. Why would he desecrate a human body?
    Kat still couldn't get over that. It hit her on a level so raw that she could do nothing but ache for the
    woman and her family, who would never know what had happened to her.
    It was mean and it was awful. More than that, it was just wrong.
    As Kat paused to let a little girl cross in front of her, a large man shoved her from behind. Kat
    scowled at him as he passed by her, mumbling to himself. He took one look at the child and hissed like a
    cat. Then he stared at the child speculatively... like a feral beast contemplating its next morsel.
    But as he reached for the child, her mother snatched her back and chastised her for running away.
    The man turned a hungry look on the pair that made Kat's blood run cold. It was unnatural. What's
    more, there was a flash of red in his eyes that wasn't human.
    She'd never seen anything like it.
    With one last sneer, he seemed to think better of attacking the mother and child before he
    continued on his way.
    Curious about him and his intentions, Kat followed inconspicuously. If it weren't for the daylight
    shining so brightly, she'd think him a Daimon trying to find a human soul to steal to elongate his life. But
    that wasn't possible. Because of Apollo's curse on their race, none of the Daimons could come out so
    long as the sun was shining. If they did, they burst into flames.
    What was he then?
    More to the point, what pantheon did he belong to? If he wasn't human and he wasn't Daimon,
    some god had created him. The question was for what purpose?
    Kat reached out with her powers, but all she could sense was his human spirit and his anger as he
    stumbled about.
    Maybe he was simply insane...
    He darted into a side street where there weren't any people.
    Something in her compelled her to ignore him and continue her search for Sin.
    Kat didn't. It wasn't in her to just let such a thing go. If the man was up to no good, she was one of
    the few people who could stop him. She would never be like her mother and just ignore people's pain.
    Not when she could stop it.
    So instead of walking on, she followed the man down the empty street. She didn't make it far
    before he turned on her with a feral snarl.
    This time his eyes were a flaming red that swirled around his black pupils. He opened his mouth,
    showing her a double row of fangs before he grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her into the brick
    wall.
    Stunned by his attack and appearance, she swung