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Chapter 131

  She did not look at him. “You don’t understand, Raven.”

  “Explain it to me, then,” he said, trying for reasonable.

  “Now is not a good time, Raven,” Vixen said, flicking through the racks of clothing. “I need to be at Gregory’s in half an hour.”

  “Look, Tempie,” he gripped her shoulders, pulling her until she had no choice but to look at him, using his strength against her for the first time, but trying to be gentle about it. “I’ve got police contacts, and some big shit is about to go down. I don’t want you there when it happens. I care about you and Shadow. I don’t want to see you both mixed up in this.”

  “Gregory’s dying,” she replied calmly. “I’m not leaving him to die alone, Raven, with just employees around him.”

  “Tempie,” he pleaded, lowing his head until his forehead rested against hers. “Listen to me for once. Please. Don’t go.”