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Jana was on the ground. Not moving. A man had her in his arms. He said, “Oh, fuck!” just as Zane launched at him.
“No!” The blond female was there again. Glaring up at him with her vampire eyes. “Zane, she’s okay, but we have to get out of here! Do you hear me?”
He grabbed her arms. Everything was too loud. Too dark. The fire seemed to call him, and Jana—Jana was the only constant in his world.
Eyes closed. Unmoving. Vamp holding her.
This had happened before. He wasn’t going to let her be hurt again.
He shoved the female vamp aside.
“Shit, Zane!” And the little vamp was back, grabbing him. Shaking him. Strong for someone so small. “It’s me.”
Her voice seemed distorted, echoing almost. He frowned and studied her face. He…knew her.
“Dee. It’s Dee.” Her head turned to the left. “Dammit, shift already, Jude! Don’t you hear those sirens? We’ve got like five seconds to scram.”
He blinked. Dee. The name clicked in his mind.
“Tell me you remember me.” She stared up at him. “I’ve only been working with you at Night Watch forever. It’s me.”
Dee. Sandra Dee.
Vampire.
He broke free of her hold. The male vamp lifted his hands, but didn’t attack. Jana’s head lay cradled in his lap. “She hit her head. I didn’t mean—” The vamp broke off, swallowing. “I just didn’t want her to hurt Dee.”
The fury was easing inside Zane. No, not easing. He felt like he was about to crash. His heartbeat slowed, and his breathing roughened. He took Jana, hoisted her into his arms, and held tight.
Get away. They had to leave because of the?—
Sirens. For some reason, a reason he couldn’t remember right then, Jana didn’t like sirens. She didn’t want to be around cops.
He held her tighter. Zane inhaled her scent and started running away. No, not running. Barely walking. His legs didn’t want to move. Holding Jana seemed so hard.
“It’s going to be okay.” He looked up when he heard the woman’s soft voice. An angel stood before him, her long, blond hair feathering around her pale face. “You’re safe, Zane.”
Those were the last words he heard before his knees buckled and he fell onto the ground, pulling Jana down with him.
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“We’re being hunted.” The voice drifted through the fog that surrounded him.
Zane tensed at that voice. One so important to him. She’s okay. If Jana was talking, then that meant she was all right.
He tried to open his eyes. Couldn’t.
She was all right, but what the hell was wrong with him?
“Who’s after you?” Another feminine voice, but sharper, harder.
“Someone from Perseus.” A pause, then Jana said, “At least, that’s what the witch said. I-I’m worried. Have we heard from the cop, from Tony?”
Silence.
“He was outside that building. He would have seen whoever set the fire.” Jude’s voice now. “I saw him, before the flames. He came to find me inside. I told him to?—”
