Rising to his full height, Hunter looked over to the hybrid. Hunter let go a few moments later, and the Luxen slumped back into the cabinet, his light still pulsing, but more slowly now. It was as fascinating as it was horrifying to witness. Hunter was taking the Luxen’s memories, just like I had when I’d fed on Luc. I was guessing that was how you made feeding painful. He slipped into his true form, a being encased in rapidly flickering light as Hunter fed.

Chris’s body jerked and back bowed as his entire body lit up. Hunter placed his hand on the center of the Luxen’s chest and lowered his head. “Don’t even think it,” Grayson said around the Blow Pop. Static charged the air as the hybrid started to move, but Grayson was faster, catching him by the throat and slamming his head back. Grayson stepped aside, and without saying a word, Hunter knelt in front of the Luxen. Seconds later, he entered through the mudroom and headed straight for the two men sitting on the floor. “Have done worse.”Ī cold air pressed to my back, and while his words were unnerving, I knew the sensation meant Hunter was near. “Some would’ve done worse,” the hybrid murmured, eyes meeting mine. “Everything he did, he did so that I lived, so that he survived. You have to understand that,” Chris said-pleaded, really. “They made him do terrible things-things he would’ve never done if they hadn’t been able to use me.

“Really thought I said it was quiet time,” Grayson said.

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