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sure, but she might have overdosed again. Her father can’t see her like this. Oh my God. Please—”
    “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down. Who is this?” He didn’t know who the female was, but he did recognize Miriam’s name. That had been enough to lock up his balls and knife his gut. And if Miriam had overdosed again, shit could go critical in a heartbeat if it hadn’t already.
    “My name’s Persephone. I’m Miriam’s friend.”
    “Persephone, where are you?” Io sat forward in his seat, fear gripping his gut for the beautiful raven-haired female who had rocked his world two weeks ago. He motioned toward Sev.
    “Um, I don’t know…um….” Persephone sounded like she was looking around.
    “South Side? North Side?” Io said, trying to prompt her.
    “South Side. We’re on the South Side. Oh God, she’s unconscious. Um…”
    Fuck! Io needed to get there. He needed to save her. As a former addict, he knew what needed to be done, but he needed to get to her first. Come on, Persephone, where are you?
    “Are you at an intersection? Are there any landmarks, Persephone? How long has Miriam been unconscious?” Io raked his hand through his thick, brown hair.
    Sev suddenly stopped the Suburban and got out. Io wondered what he was doing as he stood and sniffed the air.
    Persephone started to cry. “She passed out about five minutes ago. I told her to stop. I told her she was taking too much.”
    She was panicking. “Persephone, calm down. Calm down. Stay with me. I want to help, but I need you to stay calm.”
    Sev jumped back in and threw the Suburban in gear and gunned it.
    “I’m trying, I’m trying. Oh God. She’s going to die.” Persephone was in hysterics, obviously cranked on the blue buzz, too. “There’s an old warehouse, um, I think, I don’t know. I can’t see any street signs. Wait. Someone’s coming.”
    Io looked up as Sev barreled around a corner. About a block down a silver Jaguar was parked on the side of the road and a blonde with long hair was pacing at the side.
    “I see you. We’re almost there.” Io looked over at Sev as he disconnected. “How did you know…?”
    “I marked them that night I gave them a warning. This is the same neighborhood they were in before, so I hopped out back there to see if I could catch their scent. Didn’t know they’d be so close, though. Talk about right place, right time.”
    Io’s eyebrows popped. “Good thinking.”
    “Eh, just doing my job.”
    They pulled up alongside the Jag and Io jumped out and rushed toward Miriam. Just seeing the state she was in brought back memories of his own addiction. He scratched his forearms as they began to itch. It had only been a year since Arion had helped him kick his own cobalt habit, but the damn itching of withdrawal persisted. Would it ever stop? For six months he had been on the using end of that nasty shit, and he feared he would pay for it for the rest of his life. He wondered how long Miriam had been using. It only took a few uses of cobalt to go full-blown addict, and he already knew she had been using for at least a month, from what Sev had said.
    Sev rounded up Persephone, and Io lifted Miriam out of the driver’s seat. She was in bad shape.
    “I’m taking her to my place,” Io said.
    Sev gave him a look. “No, you aren’t.”
    “Yes, I am. Meet me there.”
    “Io!”
    But Io had already connected with Miriam and pulled her with him into the ether, shooting their molecules to his home on the North Side. Within seconds, he had pulled her through the mist and appeared in the shadows of the backyard, Miriam cradled in his arms. He ran to the back door, yanking his keys out of his pocket as he reached it. Quickly, he unlocked the door, rushed in, gently laid her on the bathroom floor down the hall, then ran for the ingredients he had used to help get himself cleaned up.
    When Io had been fucked up beyond all recognition, Ari had stayed with him every day, helping him detox, feeding him the