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"But what about-"I jumped in impatiently

"We’ll keep the about the people living near us "The Darkness knohere you live now, but you will be protected Serena and Nathaniel will always be near, and your mother and I have been relieved fro to leave you anymore" My dad’s eyes darkened with deterue with him

I worried aboutin this area, but ht They would be protected, possibly more so now than they ever were before

"And ill start training right away," Jupiter offered, but I didn’t think he was trying to coe around here for us to procure Maybe even in town?" he continued, the word "town" co in heavy sarcash you will probably do better to find a place out here You could use several acres of property to train on In fact, I know of a place that is for rent not that far from here I’ll call the owner now, and see if it’s still available"

My dad and Jupiter stood up fro I looked at Seth as deep in thought and wondered what life would be like now

"Seth, have you ever been to public school before?"the settled silence

"Not properly," Seth adht me at home"

"Well, you’ll do fine," she reassured hiate I’ in Don’t you think, Stella?"

"Nope, no trouble at all," I laughed, appraising Seth’s perfect features again and thinking about the poor feel a them on a daily basis

"And Stella knows everybody, she can help youat the corner of her lips as her thoughts went in the same direction as mine

"That’s because everybody knows everybody," I rerant anonymity and in a toith little et to know everybody

"That’s true," she sighed as she stood up froe of the bake sale for this Friday night’s gaot back from a mission," my dad reminded her as he and Jupiter reentered the kitchen "Why don’t you take tonight off from Booster Club duties? At least wash the blood off your hands before you attempt an apple pie," he joked

"I don’t have any blood onwith hio! I just have toho farm-wives, are you sure you’re ready for this kind of life, Seth?" My dad turned his twinkling blue eyes onwith hu to have to organize bake sales, am I?" Seth choked out, half panicked

"Only if you want to," I laughed

"I won’t I won’t want to," Seth assuredhis lips upward as he realized e your mind, just let us know," I winked at hi witharound make my eyes all twitchy? "Ok, I need a shower!" I announced, stretching o look at this property," My dad announced, concluding that theirwas over "Do you want to come Seth?"

"Do I have time for a shower?" he asked

"A quick one," Jupiter offered, sounding very parental "And Stella, you should know, training starts to You need to be down here by 6:30 and we’ll ood use of your father’s fields"

"Sounds fun," I replied, not really sure if I was excited or terrified A part of ed to learn hoield weapons and answer the innate call inside of ht, but the other part of me, the part that was raised in a huruff deetthe apprehension work its way across "

"I’ll take your word for it," I s relieved that Seth would be there withasidehim he could come over after all I had expected , but I wondered if my parents and Jupiter kept it short because there wasn’t much more information than e covered