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deep
emotions.
    “ I have a plan,” I quickly
rushed before a single drop made its way down Lex’s
cheek.
    Searching my face, she narrowed her
eyes. “Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling about what you’re going
to tell me?”
    I gave her a look.
    “ Chase,” she drew out my
name. “I know that face. Tell me you’re not thinking of doing
something that demented?”
    All I could do was clear my throat and
stare at the empty spot between her ear and shoulder.
    “ Chase! You can’t. Not
after spending so much time controlling it. Not after everything
you went through.” She looked crestfallen.
    “ Will someone please tell
me what the hell we are talking about?” Emma demanded, her golden
retriever ears perking up and the hunter in her sniffing out
trouble.
    I ignored her. “I will do whatever it
takes to get her back, Lex. Even if it means sacrificing parts of
me.”
    “ I want her back as much as
you do, but I can’t lose you both. There has to be another way.”
Her eyes began to well with tears.
    It hadn’t been my intention to hurt
Lexi, but I also hadn’t intended to fall in love. Shit happens.
“There might be, but I don’t have time to waste chasing after
possibilities. This is the fastest way to get the answers I need.
You know it is.”
    “ That doesn’t mean I like
it.” A tinge of yellow flashed in her irises as she rubbed her
hands down her arms like she was brushing off a chill. “Putting
yourself in that kind of situation is something you might not
recover from. It can change you. Would Angel want that?”
    “ Someone better tell me
what is going on, or I’m going to start cracking skulls,” Emma
badgered.
    I flashed my demon eyes before turning
back to Lexi. “The reverse psychology bullshit you’re learning in
class won’t work on me. It doesn’t matter anyway. My mind is made
up. What matters is Angel is alive and that I find a way to bring
her back. Her safety is more important than my black
soul.”
    “ Fine, d-bag. Have it your
way, but I’m coming with you. Someone has to keep you from going
AWOL.”
    “ No.”
    “ Chase,” she whined. “If
you won’t let me see Angel, then at least let me help you. I can’t
sit here day and night, pretending everything is okay. Nothing is
okay.”
    She didn’t have to tell me. My whole
world was turned upside down. “I’m going alone.”
    “ Alone?” She started to
pace the floor, and I didn’t like the way her eyes began to glow.
She was supposed to be the one with all the self-control, and here
she was on the verge of letting her demon take
possession.
    This was bad.
    And only explained how much Angel’s
betrayal affected her. Lexi was far from okay.
    “ Oh boy. Now you’ve done
it, Deputy Dipshit,” Emma said, leaning a shoulder on the
doorframe.
    I frowned. “Travis!” I
roared.
    A second later he popped his head into
the room, chomping on a mouthful of a monster-sized turkey club
clutched in one hand. “What?” he mumbled, crumbs covering his ‘I
don’t need to get a life. I’m a gamer. I have lots of lives!’
T-shirt. He had taken up wearing them in Angel’s honor.
    Seeing the ridiculous shirt
squeezed my heart. Will I ever get her
back? I let out a heavy sigh. “It’s your
turn. Lexi’s throwing a tantrum.”
    “ Again?” He ran his free
hand through his tousled sandy hair. “Christ.”
    Lexi’s sea-green eyes went from me to
Travis and back to me. She shook her head. “You’re all idiots.”
Then she was gone as stealthily as she had arrived.
    “ Umm, that went well
half-breed,” Emma commented. “Now, are you going to tell me what is
going on? Where are you going?”
    An awkward silence
descended in the room. Travis inhaled another bite of his sandwich,
dropping more bread bits on my floor. I sighed. “Three’s a crowd,
don’t you think?” Hint. Hint. I wanted to be left alone. “Someone should
probably check on Lexi and make sure she doesn’t break a
nail.”
    “ On it,” Travis