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him, tears filling her eyes again.
"Every video. Every audio file. Every picture. Every transcript of every interview. Every bit of
evidence of the magic that you can do and all the things you told me and all that Fae history."
She burst into tears and flung herself into his arms.
    Right where he wanted her, of course, but not soaking his Galaxy Quest crew
jersey. He wanted her quivering with passion, not with rage and terror mixed.
    "She probably has all my research, down to my notes for the questions I wanted to ask
you this weekend. With a little fiddling," she blurted between muffled sobs, "she'll prove
everything was her work, and I tried to steal it from her."
    "Yeah, but how's she going to prove any of it is real and not a bunch of special effects?"
he offered, trying to bolster her spirits.
    That earned real wails from Sophie. She dug her fingers into his arms, threatening to
poke holes in his sleeves. "Kevyn, she was trying to break in to kidnap you !"
    "Ain't gonna happen, sweetheart." He gave in to temptation, lifted her onto his lap, and
kissed the tears from her eyes.
    "But all she has to do is chain you and drag you through the wards, and you'll be her
prisoner. And stunned by the shock, to boot. I documented everything I did to keep you caged
here in the house. I even wrote down how much I used and where I got my supplies and how
often I updated the wards. She probably has a cage set up at her place, all ready for you." Sophie
sniffed, and fury drove away most of her shakes and evened out her voice. "It's probably a palace
compared to what I could give you. Once she gets a good look at you, she'll work her wiles on
you so you'll never want to leave her and --" Her voice shattered.
    Kevyn was pleased to see anger still dominated. Could he hope for some jealousy?
    She loathed this Jennifer, her rival. Maybe she feared Jennifer would destroy the
friendship they had built up over these past weeks? He put that thought aside to savor, and
tugged down the cuff of his sweatshirt so he could use it to dry her eyes.
    "Ain't gonna happen. I let you keep me here, so technically, I wasn't a
prisoner. Silver doesn't limit magic. In fact, if it wasn't for my stupid allergy, silver would be a
magic booster for me just as effective as it is for most Fae." Kevyn grinned when Sophie went
from narrow-eyed suspicion to something like open-mouthed shock, to a thoughtful look.
    "Jennifer couldn't get in because I wouldn't let her. And even if she did get in, she
wouldn't see me, because I wouldn't let her. And even if she did a striptease right here in the
living room and offered me a thousand bucks an hour, I wouldn't go with her. She's not my
type."
    "She's not Human, that's for sure," Sophie grumbled.
    "Hate to break it to you, sweetheart, but you're even less Human than she is." Kevyn
laughed when her eyes narrowed again. Anger meant she was thinking, not giving in to fear. She
was ready to fight, not sit and wail.
    "She probably has everything. She can use it against us," she said, after thinking in
heavy, throbbing silence while perched on his lap.
    "First things first." He sighed, hating what he was going to have to do. The sacrifices he
was called on to make in the name of friendship. And all right, in the name of seduction. He
stood up and set her on her feet. Letting go of Sophie when she actually held onto him hurt worse
than he could have guessed. Which was a danger sign he would have to investigate later.
    "Show me your computer."

Chapter Eight
    Kevyn knew where Sophie's computer was, knew she spent hours on it when she
thought he was asleep. He had just never considered that his life, his very existence--and a
violation of certain laws to keep the existence of Fae hidden from Humans--had been
documented on that computer.
    More important than any trouble with the Fae ruling council and an entire college of
Advocates more stuffy and duty-bound than his parents, was the thought of Sophie's suffering if
her arch-nemesis