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“I’ht there,” Bonnie told Zander, gazing out across their new yard Green grass spread out in front of her, running right to the edge of a winding country road There was a little space, half in sun and half in shade, that would be perfect for growing herbs for her spells and charms Beyond the road rose white-toppedhills of Virginia

Behind her, Zander wrapped his arainst her shoulder Bonnie leaned back co a deep, satisfied breath of the crisp Colorado air, she told hieous here”

They’d only been here for a few days, and eachwhen Bonnie opened her eyes, she was startled by her own happiness She’d moved here because she couldn’t bear to lose Zander, but she had never considered that she ht actually like it

Even on the plane flying here, she’d had an anxious pit in her stomach Bonnie had never lived so far away from her family before, never spent more than a few months some place where she couldn’t drive to her mom or one of her sisters if she needed them And she’d always had her other sisters, the ones she’d chosen, Elena and Meredith, by her side

Bonnie had felt like a traitor leaving Elena and Meredith They’d assured her that they understood and reminded her she was only a phone call away But that didn’t relieve Bonnie’s guilt Stefan, Elena’s true love, had died Meredith had been turned into a va for Bonnie to abandon them, especially now

But being here felt right The Colorado sky stretched bright and blue overhead, so clear and deep that Bonnie alht she could hold her arht up into its limitless space

There was so about the open country and nature all around her thatwith Power

“I’ers with Zander’s and pulling his arhter around her

“M her neck softly “This place is really alive Jared told ht in theto avoid, no cars or towns in his way Pretty cool”

He tugged her around by the hand, and Bonnie followed hiht She’d liked their old apartuessed, but this little white ranch house had no neighbors to co down rules It was theirs

“We can do anything ant here,” she told Zander

He grinned down at her with his slow, devastating smile “And what is it that you want to do, Miss Bonnie?”