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sense of loss when he saw Jett as he’d once been. “I remember when Jett was that creature. I was turned first and I helped the fulcrum hunt him. He was vicious, but I remember that it was important that we had to catch him in this dimension, not Earth’s. She lured him back here and I was scared to death he’d kill her.” He rested his hands on her shoulders and looked directly into her eyes. “She was heftier than you, but no taller. No match for a demon.”
    “How did she change him?”
    “The same way she changed me. She lured him here to the cavern and had sex with him, and when he was at the point of climax, she bit him, much as you were bitten by Leah. There’s something in the fulcrum’s saliva, something . . .”
    “Venom? Do I have it? Can I do that?”
    He cupped his palm against her swollen sex. She jerked away, took a deep breath and then settled against him.
    “He hurt you. He’s so big and that thing is sharp. He could kill you.”
    She straightened and stared at him. Her eyes were clear now, the tears gone. “He didn’t kill the first one, did he? I’m immortal, aren’t I? It takes a lot to kill a fulcrum unless, like Leah, she’s ready to go.” She shook her head. “I’m not ready, Locan. I have a lot left to do. Two men I love to keep me here. I do love you. Both of you.”
    He felt that love of hers—a strong, steadying, life-giving pulse of power that coursed through his body. He stared at her for a long silent moment as the water swirled around them, thinking of how love had changed him. How it had changed Jett.
    Addie was their only hope—his and Jett’s. “Heal, first,” he said, regretting the words even as they formed. “You can’t attempt it until you’re healed.”
    Addie nodded, but he felt her resolve. She would risk everything to save Jett, just as he would.
    Locan didn’t tell her everything, though. Couldn’t tell her they only had forty-eight hours before they had to add another member to the team. If they couldn’t locate Jett, they’d have to turn another demon. An unknown.
    Two men, one fulcrum. That was the rule. In two more days without another member to complete the team, Addie would die.
    And Locan would join Jett.
    Just another demon. One among millions.
     
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    The demon wiped bloody fingers against his scaled chest and picked a sliver of bone from between his teeth. The thing he’d eaten hadn’t been very big, but whatever it was, it took the edge off. He grunted and sat down on the rocky ground, deep in the shadows where he had a good view of the cavern but couldn’t be seen. For some reason, he felt drawn to this place, but it made no sense. Not when he knew there was a whole world waiting, one filled with plenty of food. Soft bodies without scaled hides to chew through or sharp teeth and talons to fight back.
    And females. He remembered females. His prick rose up and he glanced at the huge thing between his legs. That remembered females, too. He rubbed the sharp tip and then stroked himself, but it wasn’t the same. His hand was bony and sharp. Females were soft and smooth, and when you were through with them, you could eat them.
    Saliva dripped from his chin and he wiped it away with one big paw. Movement near the cave entrance caught his attention. A female! Here, in this place? And behind her, a male. Tall and pale with silvery hair.
    Why did he look so familiar? Why did she catch his attention, make him want to remember? He tried to think, but it made his skull hurt and nothing came to him. She turned to her companion and took his hand, and something in the demon’s chest clenched until he felt a horrible ache, an overwhelming sadness. But why? Food and sex never made him sad. Other creatures didn’t make him sad, either. Life was simple—if you couldn’t eat it or fuck it, you killed it. These two looked soft and weak and easy to kill, but something stopped him. That ache in his chest? He didn’t know, but he didn’t like the