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    “As I’m sure you can with most people.”
    She frowned at Stephan before looking at Kaleb. The connection was there for him to use, the one between mates. Kaleb thought if she could talk to Samuel that way, he would try as well.
    “Do you have any idea what they’d done to you?” Without answering him verbally, she nodded. “I’m going to kill the men who did this to you. All of them. And the man in charge. Do you know who it is?”
    “Yes.” She answered him out loud , and Samuel looked at him as she spoke again. “I’ve always been able to talk to people through their mind. Samuel was the first one who ever spoke back to me. I think it had something to do with the head injury I had as a kid.”
    “It’s more than that. You can compel and yes , it is just what it sounds like. I would imagine that it is the reason you’ve been so good at your job. You’ve made people tell you what you wanted to know.” She shook her head, and Stephan nodded. “It is. And I’m pretty sure you know it. Do the people you work for know anything about your abilities?”
    “No, and I’d like to keep it that way.” She looked at Kaleb. “You’re not telling me the truth either, are you?”
    “I’m not lying to you , but I want to speak to you before I talk to Samuel. There is a great deal more to me than anyone knows about.” She nodded, then looked at Samuel.
    “I need a place to stay. Do you have a hovel or something I can hide out in until I can figure out what’s going on?” Kaleb felt Samuel look at him, but he watched her. She wasn’t going to go easily. “I won’t have you guys get into this any more. This shit I’m trying to bring in is not a nice guy.”
    “You can stay with me.” She didn’t acknowledge him , and he laughed. “Tania, if you go home with anyone else but me, I’ll have to kill them.”
    Samuel stood up and patted him on the back. When he went to the door, Tania called him back, but he only stopped at the doorway as Stephan went out. Samuel looked at her.
    “I’ll be around if you need me. And you’ll be in good hands with Kaleb. He won’t let anyone hurt you.” She was shaking her head when he laughed. “Christ, you’re still as stubborn as you ever were, aren’t you?”
    “I can take care of myself. I do not need a sitter.” Samuel was still laughing as he moved out of the room, and the door closed softly behind him. When she looked at Kaleb, he could see her anger. She was spitting mad. But Kaleb had to hand it to her. She was handling it much better than he would have.
    “I’m your mate. I’m sworn to protect you above my own life.” He watched her face when she leaned back on the bed and closed her eyes. “Tania, I can’t make you go with me, but—”
    “Don’t call me that. My father calls me that, and I hate him more than I do you right now.” She looked at him. “But you’re coming in second really quick.”
    “I didn’t mean to upset you.” She only shook her head. “I want to tell you what I am. Then we can decide what to do about this situation you’re in with your job.”
    “I’m really tired.” He watched her open her eyes only to have them close again. “I need to rest, and I need for you to leave.”
    He sat very still , watching her until she was sleeping. Going to the door, he had a nurse bring her something for pain, and waited for twenty minutes before he reached into her sleeping mind to speak to her. But as soon as he reached into her mind, he found memories that made him think she was in more trouble than she’d realized. After sorting out the information he needed, he spoke to her to give her everything she might need.
    “I’ve been touched by a witch in a way that makes me so much more than what I appear. Not even Stephan, with all his considerable age and magic, could come close to what I can do. I’m also a good deal older than I look. As of last month, I’m over two thousand years old. With that, like Stephan, I’ve