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The demon wouldn’t listen. The demon would destroy. Trapped to him, bound by those cuffs, the woman was helpless. Unless she used her fire.
Why the hell hadn’t she used her fire?
The same reason I haven’t used my tiger.
Because this was Zane.
His fingers wrapped around that bar. Zane was kissing the woman, holding her tight, caging her body against his even as his power filled the air. He’d never seen the demon let loose so much energy. Lightning crackled across the sky and streaked far too close to earth. Too close to Zane.
The metal screamed as Jude ripped it free. He saw Zane tense at the sound, saw him try to jerk up, but Jana grabbed him and held tight. “Don’t let me go!” She held the demon’s head in her hands. “Don’t!”
She was all the distraction he needed. Jude lunged forward and slammed the bar into the back of Zane’s head.
* * *
When Zane fell, he took her to the ground with him. Gasping, shuddering, Jana hit hard and her body shrieked a protest back at her.
Zane’s eyes were closed, and his black lashes cast shadows on his cheeks. “Zane?”
“He won’t be out long.” The hunter. Jude. He’d gotten up fast. He grabbed for the handcuffs and tried to yank them apart.
“It’s not going to work,” she muttered, feathering her fingers over Zane’s face. “You know they’re enchanted. The agent took the key. Without it…” She let the sentence trail off. He knew what would happen. There’d be no separating her from Zane.
Not that she planned to leave him. Not now.
He’d tried to tell her to leave, before the drugs swept through him. Tried to warn her away.
Why? So he could face the darkness alone?
Jude dropped her hand and ran for Kelly. He pulled the agent up. Jana saw her head dip and sag. Jude drove his hands in the pockets of her jeans.
Jana shook her head. The agent was too smart to have just pocketed the keys. She’d planned this too well. She probably thought it was the perfect ending for Jana. Killed by her lover.
Jana’s fingers curled around Zane’s arms. “Help me.”
The shifter kept struggling with the agent’s limp body. Thanks to that header into the concrete, Kelly would be out for a long time. Too long.
But Zane healed fast. She licked her lips. “Help me.”
Jude’s head snapped toward her. She caught a glimpse of his fangs. His claws. Jana could clearly see the indecision on his face. He thought she wanted him to attack Zane.
Jude shook his head. “I can’t?—”
“We have to secure him.” If she knew her demons, and she did know them pretty well, he’d probably be out no more than five minutes, tops. While he was out, the drug would finish pumping through his body. When he woke up…She swallowed. “We need a room he can’t escape. He can’t be near anyone. He’ll hurt them.” Kill.
She rose and struggled to pull Zane with her. “Help me,” she pleaded again, and this time, the shifter was there. He grabbed Zane and hoisted him up.
Tony groaned as he began to rouse. Still alive. Good. For a minute there, she hadn’t been so sure.
The shifter tossed Zane over his shoulder and carried him easily. Jana stumbled right behind them, the handcuffs pulling her in their wake. They went back inside. Down to the basement.
“A normal room isn’t going to work. He’ll be able to get out.” They needed a seriously secure location.
“This used to be a psych hospital, before the city took the building.” Jude entered a room to the right.
No windows. Thick walls.
“The door is reinforced steel. It only locks from the outside.”
