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Midday sun streaht across ers through the reds and blues, turning le the colours into my palm The world could just feel so simple at times, but not more than it did when I was in David’s ar road leading to thecloser, all fuelled up and ready to takethis precious moment into one of our last
I traced a circle around the holloeen David’s collarbones, feeling for a pulse I knew I’d never find I’d hoped that one day Jason and I would figure out the key to reversing vampirism and that maybe I’d knohat it was like to hear David’s heart beat under my ear, but the truth of that wish occurred to me only then: even if those poere still possible, David would be long dead before I figured the to hold onto insidearound like unbound tendrils, lost
I did feel so the truth about all this prophecy stuff, and it wasaround David with no secrets between us I could breathe for once, and just exist with hihts and find out I knew more than he wanted me to However, I did still wonder how he learned about his bloodline being cleansed If Arthur kneas it so David had always known, too, and was it even true that he and Lilith were meant for each other, or was it just another unfounded theory?
"How do you feel about the prophecy now?" he asked
"Igood, I guess" I nodded "I mean, it’s tricky, because I nearly slipped up and said soret and Walt the other day"
"What?"
"What’s what?"
"What did you nearly say?"
"Oh, I nearly said that it was a relief not be tangled up in sohed
"I corrected h," I added "And said I was relieved that ere finally seeing to the prisoners at Elysiurinned "But I accidentally called it La Chateau de la Mort"
He laughed again, propping his arm behind his head "Was Arthur around?"
"No Thank God"
"Speaking of Arthur" He liftedup to look down "That rash you woke up with after you fell frohthouse is still there"
"I know" I cupped his hand, stopping hi it
"Is it sore?"
"No Just itchy Like I can feel soh et so black"
I cringed "Okay I’ll go see hione this afternoon"
"Okay" He drew his arm froain "Then call ht away and tell me what he says"
"Won’t you be out of service at Elysiueons"
"Yes" He nuzzled eons"
"Willwhen you free" I sed my heart back down from my throat "When you free her, will she?"
"Ara, Pepper and I are done"
"But she doesn’t know that She doesn’t know you duh" He slid out fros over the side of the bed "This is hard enough as it is, without you adding your concerns"
"David, I’m sorry I--"
He stood up as "Pepper is a part of my past Were it not for the fact that she is one of the prisoners granted pardon, I’d not have any contact with her"
"Why?"
"She broke the law"