Valerius ended the call, then returned the phone to Tabitha, who slipped it into her pocket. "I already know and I need my baby girl home with me. "Don't say it," she said, her voice breaking. Valerius put the phone back up to his ear. She cleared her throat, but didn't take the phone from his hand. "Your mother wants to know if you're okay." "Tabitha," he said, gentling his voice as he offered her the phone. "I'm." He hesitated at giving her his full name since she would no doubt register it as the name of an enemy and panic even more. "Who is this?" the woman sounded a bit frantic. Valerius pried the cell phone from her hand and flipped it open. "I can't."īy the look on her face as she saw the caller ID, he had a good idea of who it was. "I can't call my mama and tell her," she said, her tears welling. She hesitated on the last number to be called. One by one, she'd contacted her family and assured herself that they were safe. The Dark-Hunter in him wanted to find Acheron, but the man inside refused to leave Tabitha, who was keeping vigil in her sister's store until the coroner, Tate, arrived. Valerius was torn between his loyalties and his duties.
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