His gaze ran over her body again, resting on the deepest of the fracture lines in her shields. 'Come here.' Purple feathers fanned around Diana's sides. Sudden tears moistened her eyes at the unexpectedness of what Sear was offering. She sank against him, and his arms folded around her back. Her weight supported, Diana let herself float on the night and tucked her face into his neck. Sear's power closed around her in a violet wave, running into her halo, slipping though her opened shields.

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