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The vial was the size
of a salt shaker with a slender neck and filled to the brim with glowing blue
liquid, a cork stopper at the top. The nugget of anticipation in her gut warmed
at the sight. Finally! She set the table to rights with a smile prying her lips
high. After all the dead ends and wasted trips. The prize was hers. She placed
the vial on the tabletop and stared at it for a moment.

Georgia definitely
wasn’t expecting a hand to fall on her shoulder. Whirling around, she realized
the clouds outside had passed, leaving the interior of the cabin lit like it
was day. Which meant she no longer had the luxury of invisibility.

Behind her was a
hulking man the size of a sasquatch. He filled the interior of the cabin with
his frame, moonlight shining down and illuminating beachy blond hair.

His voice was deep
and soft and accusatory. “What are you doing here?”

“What? Me?” She
pointed to her chest. “Are you kidding? What kind of a question is that?”

It was a showdown
where neither party was willing to take a step away. Oh god, the potion…

They both turned to
stare at the vial glowing cerulean in the darkness. Without hesitation, Georgia
lunged forward with her arms outstretched. Her frustration exploded in an
outward display. This man was after her potion. There were plenty of shadows in
the hull, just out of the reach of the moonlight, enough to take her out of
sight. She twisted at the last minute, catching the hulking man’s movement in
the periphery of her vision, then fell into the darkness and lost her form.

“It doesn’t matter
where you try to run. You won’t hide from me, and you won’t leave with the
vial,” he growled, whirling around in a circle trying to see where she’d gone.

“Where do you get
off—” she demanded, lunging out with her leg and snapping him in the chest.

It was instinct. It
was a gut reaction. It was not enough to take him down. He needed to suffer.

A growl tore from her
throat when the stranger reached out and grabbed her ankle, hauling her
forward, screeching, into the moonlight.

The last thing she
saw was the potion tucked into his belt buckle. Then it was lights out.

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