cold, hard fact just got driven home for me with the doused torches and painted-over wards. I can’t keep Mac safe by myself. Even I have to sleep sometimes. With the exception of All Hallows’ Eve, Barrons has kept her safe. Still … there’s no way anything human plucked me out of the air like that. What is he? I don’t know how much Mac trusts him. “Promise me you won’t harm Ro,” I say. “We need her.” Something savage moves deep in his eyes. “I’ll decide that when I see Mac.” I feel savage all the sudden, too. “Well, where the feck were you when she needed you?” I snarl. “I was there.” Without
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