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Closing his eyes, he moved over her and found that she was injured as well. Blood poured from a wound at her side; the bullet not silver was still in her body.
    “I can see that you’re shot. I could feed you as well. My blood is strong and it wouldn’t harm me to feed the both of you.”
    “No thanks. I like to know that someone can’t hunt me down, if it’s all the same to you. If you would hurry it along, I need to be somewhere else tonight. I can...as far as I can get you is back to the bar. I thank you for helping him. My boss will contact you as soon as tomorrow to make arrangements to get him back.”
    Aaron nodded and then turned back to Samuel lying so still before him. Opening a vein on his wrist, he pressed it to his mouth and commanded him to drink. A few precious drops moved out of the injured vampire’s mouth and down his cheek before he began drinking. Aaron contacted his mate to let her know what was going on.
    “Love? I’m fine. I can feel your stress. I’m with a being. Can you tell me what she is?” As his mate, they were as close as two people would ever get.
    “She? I can feel a male, but...no, I can feel her now. She’s very strong. I can... I feel vampire, werewolf, and cat. I can also... Aaron, she just contacted me. She said that if you want to know what she is just turn around and ask her. She said that you were a rude ass and wondered why I was staying with you. I think I like this being.”
    Aaron could hear the humor in Sara’s voice and he felt himself relax with it. Pulling his wrist from Samuel’s mouth he sealed the ragged wound with his own tongue. He turned and stood in front of her.
    “You’ve contacted my mate. She likes you, she said. So, bounty hunter, what are you? Sara detected vampire, werewolf, and werecat? I’ve seen your panther; what else can you take the shape of?”
    “I don’t believe they named my species. And the lab and its workers are no longer alive to go back and ask, not that I would. I’m a mixture of all predators. In addition to quite a bit of magic, my DNA has been altered to suit some need they thought they might like to work with. I can shape-shift into anything I need.”
    Aaron could see the blood on her hands where she had pressed it against the wound.
    He stepped toward her only to come up short when a gun was suddenly in her hand. He’d not even seen her pull it. Raising his hands to show that he was not going to harm her, he took a step back.
    “You know you’re just being stubborn, don’t you? Let me help you. I swear to you that you will be safe with my blood.”
    “I’m hurt, not stupid. I’d appreciate it if you would just keep your blood where it belongs. If you’re ready I’ll take you both back now.”
    The movement of air was all the warning there was. One minute Aaron was standing to talk to the girl and the next he was being slammed hard against the opposite wall. Pain exploded in his head. Whatever had hit him had meant business. He started to rise when a sharp “No!” was issued in his mind.
    “I can’t fight if I have to babysit you. Sit still and don’t move. He will not harm you if he has me to play with.”
    Aaron was sure he should have been insulted about her comment about babysitting him, but he could feel the air stir again and the other being was all he could get shimmered in the room once again. Aaron stayed where he was. He wasn’t even sure he could have helped her much anyway. He had given blood without feeding and he had hit his head hard enough to make him see two of everything.
    The man/beast was huge and could move faster than Aaron could see. The woman had no such problems, apparently, and attacked him every time it stopped. It had claws for hands; Aaron didn’t think they were anything but his own hands and his teeth, razor sharp and dripping in saliva. They were at least two inches long. Its body, while short, was muscled and packed. The wings at its back were tucked tight, but Aaron could