“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

ALSO BY KELLEY ARMSTRONG

BITTEN

STOLEN

DIME STORE MAGIC

INDUSTRIAL MAGIC

HAUNTED

BROKEN

NO HUMANS INVOLVED

COPYRIGHT

PERSONAL DEMON
A Bantam Spectra Book / April 2008

Published by Bantam Dell
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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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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Armstrong, Kelley.
Personal demon / Kelley Armstrong
p. cm.
I. Title.

PS3551.R4678P47 2008
813'.54—dc22
2007030334

eISBN: 978-0-553-90481-9

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