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The blonde stayed where she was. Roxy went up to her and said, “I think you may have just saved the day.”

“I found the dart on the floor of the van. I heard Seth wishing for one, so I figured it might help.”

“It was the only thing that could have.”

Her eyes narrowed on Roxy. “You're not one of them.”

“No. I'm one of
you,
actually.”

The woman frowned, clearly confused, and Roxy slid an arm around her shoulders and started walking her back toward the van. “Come on. We have a long talk ahead of us, Ilyana. And when it's done, I'll give you a ride to wherever you want to go, okay?”

Ilyana nodded.

Jack and Topaz had left Briar in the van, and now they crouched on either side of the fallen Reaper. “He's really out,” Jack said.

“Yes, and he'll wake with a hell of a headache and a nasty temper. But he'll be alive, at least,” Topaz added.

Together they picked him up and dragged him toward the waiting van.

Vixen lifted her head and stared into Seth's eyes. “Gregor got away.”

“We'll hunt him down sooner or later,” Seth said. “He can't be allowed to run around with that kind of control over our friend.”

She nodded. “I agree with you. And I'm…I'm staying with you.”

“Why?” He searched her eyes, awaiting her answer. She blinked as if confused. “Vixen, what I'm asking is, are you staying with me because you want to stay with the gang and help us bring Gregor to justice, or repay Reaper for something? Or—”

“I'm staying for all those reasons, and for one more. I love you, Seth,” she told him. “I thought love was the most foolish and useless of every human emotion. Until I felt it. And now, I think—now I think it's the most wonderful.”

Seth smiled, pulled her closer, pressed his mouth to hers. “I love you, too, Vixen. And I know now that's what I was put on this planet to do. I always felt I was destined to do something big, something important. I think you're it. Saving you from Gregor's prison, bringing you into the gang, falling for you. Hell, loving you…I think that's my destiny.”

She stared into his eyes and whispered, “Part of your destiny, perhaps. But there's more, I think. In fact,” she whispered as she looked toward the van and all the others, “I'm sure of it. There's something more, and it's not just your destiny. It's ours. All of ours.”

He held her close to his side, and they started walking toward the van. “He could have killed me seven times over just now, you know. But he didn't.”

She nodded. “You're sure of that?”

He made a face, then shrugged. “No. But I want to be.” He glanced down at her. “You kept Gregor from taking Briar.”

She nodded. “I couldn't let—I had to.”

He nodded. “She'll never hurt you again, you know.”

“I know.” She smiled and glanced up at him. “I kept the collar.”

The stars looked down, and they climbed into the van. Seth pulled the door closed and said, “Let's go, Roxy.”

“Where to?” the other woman asked.

“To our destiny,” Vixen told her. “Where else?”

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DEMON'S KISS

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