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let him drop to the floor.
    “Is anyone else here?”
    But she couldn’t answer. All she could do was look into his glowing aqua eyes.
    He was the one.
    She was right all along.
    She watched dumbfounded as he pulled the cushion off the couch and slammed his boot into the metal bedframe underneath over and over. Suddenly, she heard the key in the deadbolt. “They’re coming back!”
    He pushed her against the couch. “Put your head down. Put it down!”
    Frantically she obeyed. She heard Seth’s voice.
    “What the fuck?”
    One minute Troy’s legs were right next to her, the next they had just vanished. How was that possible? She looked up just in time to see Troy pull a long knife from under his coat and take Joey’s head off in one swift motion. She heard herself scream until an arm came around her neck from behind the couch. Seth.
    “Yeah, you want her. I could tell the second I saw you watching her at the club. Well, guess what. Time’s up.”
    Suddenly there was a sharp pain in her gut. She felt Seth release her before everything went black.

CHAPTER THREE
     
    Dimitri was using the leg press in the gym when Viktor walked in. Aw, Christ. He watched him take a seat at the arm press on the other side of the room. Good move. Maybe if he didn’t open his mouth they’d have a shot at getting through their workouts without all hell breaking loose.
    “Like what you’ve done with the place. I always did think it was kind of stuffy. You’ve got everyone all settled in. One big happy family.”
    Well, there went that. “You weren’t there when papa was sick. What did you expect?”
    “I didn’t want any of this. I never cared about the money.”
    “God forbid, you should be responsible for something.”
    Viktor’s nostrils flared. “Same old Dimka. Always believing whatever the old man said. Haven’t you been wondering where I’ve been all this time?”
    “Newsflash, asshole. Sharing DNA does not make us tight and it sure as hell doesn’t make us brothers.”
    Viktor sneered. “What, and these males are? Because you took some oath?”
    “It’s not about that, Viktor. If you’d ever given a shit about anyone but yourself, you’d understand that.”
    “Fuck you, Dimitri. I don’t have to listen to this.”
    “That’s it. Bail. There’s a shocker!” he yelled at his brother’s back.
     
    Evy opened her eyes. Bleach white ceiling. Same with the walls. Was she in the hospital? She blinked at the harsh lighting and looked to her side. A gorgeous blond woman was walking toward her.
    “You’re awake. Good.”
    Evy tried to move away, but got tangled in a bunch of IV lines.
    The woman smiled. “Easy. Don’t pull out your IV. You’re okay. You’re safe here. My name’s Helen. I’m a doctor. You were stabbed in the abdomen. Do you remember that?”
    Evy thought for a moment and nodded. She glanced at the other side of the room. Troy was lying on a bed a few feet away.
    “Oh, he’s okay. He’s been asleep for hours. He passed out as soon as he knew you’d be alright. I don’t think he’d eaten or slept for days. He was looking for you for quite a while. Evy, right? Is that short for Evelyn?”
    She nodded and watched the doctor sit down on a stool.
    “Pretty name. Well, you’re just outside of Boston, Evy. Troy brought you back here with him this morning. Luckily, the knife was small and whoever stabbed you decided getting away was more important than pulling it out. I took it out myself. Your CT scan looks good, but you’ll be here for a bit, I’m afraid. It appears he missed your major organs, but we can’t take any chances. Not with a stab wound like this.”
    “Can I…are you human?” She felt her face get hot. “Oh, God. I’m sorry. That was so rude.”
    “You’re allowed. You’ve been through a lot. I’m a shifter.” She turned around and lifted her hair so Evy could see her mark. It was of a beautiful gazelle.
    She exhaled. “As long as you’re not what those… things