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He sighed. "Yeah. Trying. When I try to do good things, they generally turn out stupid. I'm not a hero, but every now and then I get this--impulse. It's got to be the Wolf genetics working to mess me up. I'm no good at being good." He wiped a hand wearily across his face. "And I'm too lazy to make a good bad guy.

Eden called as she ran past the downed vampire to help Wolf.
"Get back!" Laurent shouted as he noticed Eden's approach out of the corner of his eye.
Worry jolted through him, taking him totally by surprise, fueling his anger at the Primes he was fighting. He didn't need help. He didn't want her help. A girl could get hurt in this kind of brawl.
A fist jammed into his jaw.
He could get hurt in this kind of brawl!

His eyes were glowing. It was enough to make the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. Eden was slowly reaching for the garlic spray in her pocket when Wolf got himself under control.
"I'm a peaceful kind of guy," he asserted. "Live and let live, I say. Except when terminating with extreme prejudice is absolutely called for."