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Peyton paused next to the bed. “Kai.”
“Hmm?” He wrapped his arms around her as he stood at her back. Nuzzling her neck, he inhaled her scent and felt himself relax, and at the same time, become aroused.
She turned in his arms, and when he felt her tension, he eased back.
“Why did you bind the demon to you?” she asked.
“Because I have a chance at controlling it. If not having it attack Olivia, at least diverting it from killing us.”
“And if neither of those scenarios happens?”
He tucked her hair behind her ear, his fingers trailing over her cheek and down her neck. “The dagger will kill the beast.”
“And if, or when, it dies, what will happen to you? To your bond with it?”
Feeling her pulse quicken, he slid his hands up and then down her arms in an attempt to comfort her. “The bo
