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I said goodbye to Serena into showcase the mature-soldier side to my nature I wondered if I would ever command the battlefield like Serena had or treat the inheritance I’d been given with her level of reverence and bloodthirsty excitement
Not that I wasn’t coht, I had school in theAnd it was hard to picture a future that didn’t include friends, or even family save for Seth ould by then be my husband…
It was hard to see past the Valentine’s Dance in teeks when I didn’t even have a dress picked out or any prospect of a date
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"I think we treat these… feelings with caution for now," Jupiter lectured over the breakfast table the nextto rule them out completely, but there is a certain safety in nu on the opposite side of the arguht yet, but ated around boxes of cereal and fresh ht’s African battle and s Seth and I had returned very late last night, after the long journey fro to have coherent conversations and relay the now muddled details of the battle
"And this is only the second ti a protective arm aroundthe possibility ofcancer and not a case of mistaken instincts
"Yes," I nodded quickly,out aroundit into a loose bun at the nape of et the sa… When I’ aboutthen, it’s not nearly as strong and there is always so there to justify the with kids at school or so has been very intense, like whoever is behind it is organizing the latest attacks, orchestrating them in some way to find out what I’estured between Seth and er
"It’s not that I don’t think they’re capable of so like that," Jupiter ju as if waiting for the right answer to just fall from the sky "But, what unnerves s, not even Seth and he has been present twice now Nate and Serena are vetted fighters, used to feeling the Darkness froht years away…"
He trailed off, finally letting his eyes fall onelse he could do My father stared at hi whether or not to trust Jupiter and then he turned toto do noay If so you, then you’ll cos are just residual emotions from battle, they will disappear after a little more experience We are not in a position to hunt down any Fallen right now, so our hands are virtually tied We will treat these feelings with caution, like Jupiter said, but for now that’s all we can do How does that sound Stella-bean?"
"That sounds great," I agreed, although I didn’t putthey could really do; I had known that fro I just wanted to be told I wasn’t crazy, which wasn’t exactly the answer I received It was a ee, we sure hope you’re not crazy because all of our eggs are kind of in one basket here" situation
"And we trust Serena and Nate?" Seth asked, clearing his throat afterward
The kitchen was silent for a while after his pointed question Jupiter looked thoughtfully at hiether Another Star’s loyalty should never be called into question because by that point usually we had been betrayed and then so in coh Council could not be trusted these days So Seth did have a very legiti his questions
Jupiter replied first and I had to wonder if he had less attachment to Serena and Nate simply because he wasn’t actually sent froee that had survived the Darkness and was now hired by heaven to be a sort of consultant of all things Darkness-related
"I have absolutely no reason to believe that they would be spies," Jupiter declared with a certain finality "That being said, they would make the best kind of spies…"
Seth smiled a little at Jupiter’s roundabout explanation and turned to me "How about you, what do you feel about the," I replied, not willing to say anything that could potentially beor misunderstood and by consequence condemn Nate and Serena True, I had only known thehters that had not hesitated once last night noeven