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"Well, that's no surprise there," he mumbled, but his tone sounded better, just barely

"Kiran, if I had any idea of how one to the dance I, I I just thought it would be a harht, and since I had used Jericho as an excuse with Sebastian, I wanted to cover all ofbetween Jericho andto worry about"

"So you say," he stepped away froh the canopy of darkened greenery illuminated his face His expression was softened, but the sadness etched across his forehead and deep in his eyes was un him envelope me in his arms "Eden, you don't see how he looks at you You don't have to watch souy fall in love with you and sit there helpless"

"Yes, I do," I said plainly "Seraphina has her dirty little hands all over you, all the tio to dances with you and eat lunch with you and be taken on dates All I get are secret rendezvous' and edelse out It doesn't do any good for us to fight over these stupid jealousies," he tippedintoto me And I'm fairly certain all Ito worry about"

"Nothing? Yeah, right Except that you're supposed to be getting married to her," my bottom lip jutted out in an uncontrollable pout

"That will never happen," he sly

"How can you be so sure?" but the hope was already there, unwillingly and without perrow

"India," Kiran replied with confidence "Father wanted to et to know you better He knows I have no real feelings for Seraphina, which has never bothered him before; but if he does suspect you are who you really are, then he e between the two of us would be beneficial for all parties involved" There was hope in Kiran's eyes, too; he was beginning to believe there was a future for us

"Marriage?" I gulped I was not even seventeen yet and already I had to be thinking about e There was not a doubt in my mind that Kiran would be the only man I would ever want toabout it already?

"Don't tell me you have cold feet already? We don't even knohat ," he smirked at me

"No, I know, I mean, I was just surprised that we could even use that word," I stuu, Love," he leaned in to ics sla us that it had been too long since ere alone Kiran kissed hter I was overwhel heady and lost He kissedhis way across ain One of his hands was tangled in ainst ainst ain I had to gasp for breath

Gently he picked ain Our ic that had become a connection of our auras Except this tiht with an iridescent glow, changing colors too fast to ever make one out clearly This ti any other color in sic forced Kiran's to be black and the two colors see themselves in each other like they usually did

I panicked for a moment, afraid the wind from the caves in India had followed ics were back to the fast changing colors they had always been Kiran was kissing ive him my attention, but I was too distracted I slowed down his kisses and eventually ended thee, huh?" I cleared e," he whispered, full of affection "If that's all right with you" He lay next tome sweetly

"Will thatto forget the ic

"And one day, Queen," he whispered

"But et you" I forced myself to look into his eyes They were turquoise; a reflection of hiselsea Princess or even Queen; but if I were, if that dream came true, I would be able to make everyone happy I could set the Shape-Shifters free, the Titan Guard as well, dom freedom to marry whomever they chose If I were Queen, I could solve everyone's probleer And I would be with the er We could be together forever

"And I get you," he finished, confir my future plans

"And of course, live happily ever after," I sighed, finding the perfect nook of his ar closer

"Well, of course," Kiran said happily "We will know more in a week or so when father comes to visit," he finished off-handedly

"Wait, I'm sorry, what did you say?" I sat half way up Lucan? In Ohed at me "He wants to visit for the Christh January for my birthday"