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Aden kneell He’d stood that wayhi him Concentrate The plain, ordinary name didn’t fit the man’s smooth features in any way, and had to be an alias If it wasn’t, Aden would plant a big, fat wet one right on his lips

"You want answers," he said, wondering, About what? "Then you’ll have to tell me what I want to know First How are we here but not here? How am I alive but invisible?"

There were several beats of heavy silence At first he thought Thoainst hirew in those blue eyes Fury and indignation

Finally, though, the fairy said, "Your people would call this place another dih it is the true realm of the Fae" Despite his expression, his words were calmly stated

Fae had to mean fairy And another…dimension? Was that even possible? As soon as the question hit him, he wanted to roll his eyes at his own stupidity After everything he’d seen and done recently, anything was possible "So, just to clarify, I’m not dead?"

"This constant need for reassurance is tiresoain You are very much alive But you are in another dimension, therefore humans cannot see or hear you"

If Thohost He could return to Victoria, to his friends "And you brought me here?" A croak

"Yes"

"Why?"

Another tension-laden pause stretched between the teeth

"Because," Thoh, "I had met all the students--but you"

There at the end, the fury had returned to the ust

Oh, yes Blood will run, Elijah said on a tre breath

"From a knife?" Please, please don’t say from a knife

Don’t knoas the reply Can only see the river of red

"What do you mean, from a knife?" Thomas demanded

He must not know of Aden’s reputation as the boy who always talked to "hi to you"

"Then to ere you speaking?"

A question he’d been asked a thousand times by a thousand different people

Maybe we should Run, I one Before we bleed

I’ht a fairy

Caleb suddenly snickered, aht a fairy Do you hear yourself, Jules?

"Quiet, please," Aden snapped, and Thomas hissed in a breath

"Do not speak to me like that, little boy"

Rather than explain, Aden rubbed his te ache "There was no reason for you too? Plus, he wasn’t anxious Yet He still had those blades Maybe

"No" Thohtful "But I will be killing you" Okay Noas anxious Aden leapt to his feet If Thomas issued another threat or made another move toward him, he’d dive-bomb the boots And if he couldn’t clasp the blades inside them, he’d run like hell, despite his lack of direction

"Do not even think of bolting, Haden Stone"

"No one calls me that" Not since he’d inadvertently butchered his own name as a kid and called himself Aden, and everyone else had followed suit "I killed the last guy who did True story"

Far from intimidated, Thomas barked, "Sit I answered your questions You will noeraround for the second death threat, he decided The fairy’s anger level had just jacked up a notch "Sure thing" Aden faked left, Tho around the tutor and swiping at the boots His hand ghosted through the leather<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>