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“Who did this to him?” Dee whispered.
“I did.” Because he’d been soft. He’d shown his weakness, and Davey had seen it.
She looked back at him with a furrow of confusion between her eyes. “What?”
“Stay on guard, Dee.” He knew Davey hadn’t died in the flames. He knew another attack would come. Even as Zane had that thought, a tiger’s roar shook the streets. Oh, shit. No.
Davey was going after everyone who’d brought down Perseus, and Jude had been there that night.
“Kill anyone who comes close—and if it’s some eighteen-year-old kid with demon’s eyes and blond hair, don’t fucking hesitate.” Because he’d hesitated.
She nodded.
An ambulance sped up, following close behind Simon as he rushed back to Dee. A fire truck raced behind it.
Zane followed the tiger’s roar as fear tightened his heart. If Davey had found Jude, the bastard had also found Jana. Jana. He didn’t realize he’d screamed her name.
Zane rounded the corner, running fast to the spot he’d left her. She was supposed to be safe.
She wasn’t.
She was locked against Davey. The bastard’s claws were at her throat. Jude stood less than five feet away from them with his own claws out and his fangs bared. “Let her go!” Jude snarled.
But Davey just jerked her closer against him, and blood leaked down her throat. “Stay back!” Davey ordered and his eyes flew from Jude to Zane. “Both of you, stay the fuck back, or I’ll rip her throat out!”
“Then you’ll die,” Jude told him, edging closer. “Because your shield will be gone. I’ll be on you, and you’ll be dead.”
But Davey, smart, slick Davey, just smiled his still-bloody smile. “She’ll be dead.”
Jana’s gaze met Zane’s.
“He’ll be crazy.” Davey stared right at Zane as he tossed that out. Then his eyes darted to Jude. “And you, shifter, you’ll get your ass kicked five seconds later. Because I’m the strongest damn thing you’ve ever seen.”
Jude growled in response, but his body had frozen.
“I knew you’d come for her,” Davey said, and he wrenched Jana back a step. “When I left the fire and I caught her scent, I knew.” His head lowered toward her hair, and he inhaled deeply. “I could have walked away, could have just got in my car and left, coming back to hunt another day. But with such great prey close by, how could I leave?”
Sick fuck. “She isn’t prey.”
More blood trickled down Jana’s neck, but she didn’t make a sound. “She’s the prey I’ve been after for a very long time,” Davey confessed.
“Y-you…” The word seemed to break from Jana’s mouth then. “Not Beth, was it? You were Perseus.”
What? This damn kid? No fucking way.
Davey’s smile flashed again. “I was wondering if you knew. Beth liked to take credit for everything, but Perseus was my baby.”
“What the hell?” Jude shook his head. “You’re Other. Why would you hunt your own?”
Davey’s gaze again tracked to Zane. “Why would he? Why would you?” He licked away some of the blood on his lips.
Zane saw Jude’s hands clench into fists. “We go after the bastards who have crossed the line. We don’t hurt innocents. We stop the Other who can’t stop themselves.”
“So do I.” Davey blinked, as if surprised they’d even doubt him. “Perseus goes after those who hurt humans, we—they?—”
“That’s a damn lie!” Jana’s eyes were bright. “Marcus didn’t hurt any humans!”
Davey’s left hand wrapped in her hair, and he yanked her head back. “He sliced open the throat of Clayton Ridgeway.”
