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"Near Collision" By Lael Stalnaker

Chapter 11: Love's Vengeance

Anteros floated high above West Hollywood. He knew his target now. Unlike when he had woken in the Void of the outer plane, the knowledge bloomed within him. The signal beat within his skull, pulsing a snaring rhythm relentlessly. His shame from several days ago added a counterpoint to it. He should have known the dangers before the granting power ceremony went forward. He could have lost his bonded, his first mortal love, and foolishly. Skyler had every reason to be enraged with both immortals.

Midnight black wings hardly moved as he hovered. Anteros shifted the quiver to a more comfortable position on his hip. This bow felt so right in his hand again. It seemed ages since the hardwood hand piece had graced his grip. He checked the chord, looking for slackness of fraying. Then Anteros checked the draw, seeking flaws in the pull of the great bow. He remembered matches with Artemis where targets were more than a mile away and moving. Anteros smiled at the memory. Artemis won, as usual, but by hardly more than the width of a flea's backside. His aim had not suffered over the centuries.

He had fallen back on his old duties as a way to fight his increasing loneliness. Nothing had managed to keep his interest once the immortal ...

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