“Is this the part where you recap our longstanding rivalry for me as if I am unaware?” Xander took the stairs quickly, his hand skimming the railing, the other flitting above his head. “Because if you do that, I’ll know you’re asking me for something that you think I don’t want to give you.” Then he whirled around at the next landing, stopping Damien short. “And there are very few things in that category.” “That doesn’t sound like you.” “Doesn’t it? Death’s at the top of the list.” “That’s more like it.”
