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From a distance, Mori could see Lorcan and Orla walk away. She had been watching Lorcan—the way he went after her, the way he sniffed the air, trying to detect her scent, and the determination in his eyes. She knew he wasn’t an ordinary human, but as to what he actually was, she didn’t know. Mori didn’t know how to explain her feelings, but what had been developing in her the last few days was disconcerting. She rubbed at the bullet wound which was still bleeding. She didn’t know why she had taken the bullet. She wasn’t invincible. If she died for this stranger, that meant she would have abandoned her mission and failed her ancestors and her family.
She peeked her head out, and when she saw that Lorcan and Orla had turned the corner, she limped out. She hadn’t walked two steps when sh
