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head since the Ang’dora , but this was different. I
released my hold on the dagger’s hilt and massaged my temples.
    Get a grip. You’re
just panicking.
    I drew in a deep breath and blew it out slowly. The voice
didn’t return. Hopefully, it had been some strange fluke, my subconscious
finding a different way to try to calm me. My mind remained quiet, even as I
reached out again to track the nearby mind signatures.
    The fight between Owen and the Daemoni had escalated, and Vanessa
was about to land in the middle of it all. A yelp of pain in the voice of my
protector shot through the quiet night, and my body immediately responded.
    Tristan, I’m going in
without you! I called out as my legs carried me down the street. I reached
out to the other Amadis soldiers, as well, ordering them to join us. Tristan
finally appeared by my side. Owen, we’re
coming!
    “ Leave me alone,
Alexis! ” Owen barked in my mind just as we rounded the corner to the fight.
Just as the Amadis appeared, too. And just as the Daemoni flashed out of sight,
Owen on their trails, and Vanessa on his. But we were physically too far away
to catch hers.
    “Owen!” I screamed as I reached out for their mind
signatures. They were gone. Not on the island at all. They could be anywhere in
a 100-mile radius. I spun on Tristan and pounded him with my fists. “Where were
you?” I yelled at him. “What is wrong with you? If you’d been here—”
    He grabbed my wrists and pulled me to him, and the rest of
the Amadis slipped away into the shadows, not wanting to be a part of this . “I know, ma lykita . I’m sorry.”
    I jerked backwards out of his grasp. “You’re sorry ? Don’t you think you took that
‘let’s pretend we’re not together’ thing a little too far? And now Owen and Vanessa and my pendant are gone. Again! It’ll probably be another eight
months before we get another chance, Tristan. Eight. Months!” I threw my hands
in the air with my violent frustration. “Actually, we’ll be lucky to ever see
Owen again considering what he just flung himself into. What the hell , Tristan?”
    He looked at me with guilt-filled hazel eyes, the gold
flecks dim. He scrubbed his hands over his face and exhaled slowly.
    “I don’t know.” He rolled his neck and his shoulders, then
stared at something off to the side, avoiding eye contact with me. His jaw
muscle twitched. “An off night for me, I guess.”
    “An off night?” I echoed, my words dripping with venom. “ You don’t have off nights! You are the warrior who’s supposed to be
ready for anything and everything. Remember that? Besides, you sure didn’t look
off to me. In fact, you looked to be pretty on with all those women.”
    His gaze returned to me. “I admit I lost focus, but not
because of them. Because of you. I didn’t like the damn act, especially when
that guy put his hands on you. Then I was pissed and … I don’t know. Not right.”
    “We’re supposed to be a team, Tristan. I need you.”
    He pressed his lips together and nodded. Whatever had
happened in that nightclub, he knew he’d been wrong. But he obviously had
nothing else to say, so I broke my eyes from his, and my gaze traveled around
the street where we stood. Stucco houses glowed white in the moonlight, and
many flights of stairs twisted and wound around the homes, leading to those at
the top of the hill. Not a single person sat outside on the various verandas
and rooftops; no one climbed the steps. I opened my mind but Daemoni and Amadis
alike were gone.
    “Let’s just go,” I said with a groan.
    I didn’t know what to think about Tristan’s behavior. We
were on a mission. How could Tristan— Tristan ,
the experienced warrior—become so distracted? We’d fought side-by-side
before. He couldn’t blame me, especially when he pretty much ignored me when I
needed him most. But what else could have been going on?
    We flashed to right outside the Amadis Island’s shield, then
swam the rest of the