Personal Demon

  "I'd like to hear--"

  "Later. After we're away from all this." She swept her hand across the room. A pause, then she said, "I saw Carlos. Did he speak to you?"

  "He knows about the deal. He's not taking it."

  A slow nod. A moment of silence. "Everything's going to change, isn't it?" she said quietly.

  "I don't know."

  Her hand slid into mine, fingers entwining with a squeeze. "Whatever happens, whatever you decide, now, later...I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me, Cortez."

  I leaned down to kiss the top of her head and murmured, "I hope so."

  ALSO BY KELLEY ARMSTRONG

  BITTEN

  STOLEN

  DIME STORE MAGIC

  INDUSTRIAL MAGIC

  HAUNTED

  BROKEN

  NO HUMANS INVOLVED

  PERSONAL DEMON

  A Bantam Spectra Book / April 2008

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  New York, New York This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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  Armstrong, Kelley.

  Personal demon / Kelley Armstrong

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  I. Title.

  PS3551.R4678P47 2008

  813'.54--dc22

  2007030334

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