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A loud crack of thunder - only h the valley It was like a sonic blast that shook me to the very core There was no time for the driver to see me or stop I threw up my arms, as if they could somehow protect me The truck’s loud roar fillediled body was going to do to her, but the impact never came

I could’ve kissed the burille

Slowly, I lifted my head The driver sat motionless behind the wheel, eyes wide and empty He didn’t move, didn’t blink I wasn’t even sure if he was breathing

A cup of coffee was in his right hand, frozen halfway to hiswas frozen

A metallic taste filled the corners of ine was still running, roaring in my face

I turned from the frozen driver to see Dae heavy and his hands were clenched at his sides

And his beautiful eyes were different

Wrong I took another step back, now out of the path of the truck,close to me

"Ohfor a lowed iridescent in the dark, lit froup his ar in tiny, an to fade out, his body, along with his clothes, disappearing and being replaced by an intense reddish-yellow light that sed hiht

Holy crap

Time seemed to stop No, time had already stopped

Soevery bone in ht?

So much power

It caused the air to vibrate around us unnaturally The ground shivered under his sheer strength I knew if I tried hard enough I could reach down and feel it quake

In the distance I heard Dee, confusion pouring fro to us How had she found us?

Right Daeht

I looked back to the truck and saw that not only was it shaking, but the driver was, too It was trying to break past the invisible barrier that seemed to hold it frozen in tiine screaas pedal

I ran, not out of the road, but beyond that I vaguely heard the truck howl pastroad that led to our houses, nestled at theup to ed her I only knew she had to be like him

What were they? They weren’t human

What I saas not possible No human could do that

No human could stop a truck on command, stay underwater for several s I’d been noticing seemed to make sense now

I continued to run, pastor why My brain wasn’t working Instinct had taken over

Branches ripped at my hair, at the pretty dress I’d worn I tripped over a large rock, but I pushed

Suddenly, there were footsteps racing behindfaster into the dark woods ahead of et away

A curse sounded from close behind, and then a hard body crashed into ed to cushion the brunt of the fall with his own body by twisting inme

I pushed on his chest and tried to kick him

None of it worked I closed low "Get off!"

Daeently "Stop it!"

"Get away fro to inch away, but he held ain "I’ to hurt you!"

How could I believe hi re

Daemon stilled above me "I won’t hurt you, Kat" His tone was softer, but still laced with fury as he tried to control e "I could never hurt you" His wordsinside me answered, believed him even as my mind rebelled at the idea I didn’t knohat part ofMy breathing still rough, I tried to calm down He loosened his hold on ainst er under my chin to turn my head to face hiht now" I kept my eyes closed I didn’t want to know if his eyes were still freaky Dae his hands from my shoulders to my cheeks I should’ve made my escape then, but the moment his warm hands touched ers smoothed over e