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ZA watched us warily as we closed in on her

"Murder who?" he asked casually

"Her! My tormentor" I would force my own spirit out of my body, and I would summon the fire and burn her to ash--whether the fire hite or red If she could survive without me, I could survive without her Surely

He turned a corner, and she stretched out her arm He had no idea I, however, felt her as she was sucked back inside h! "Why can’t you see her? You can see other spirits"

"I don’t know Maybe, like you, she has special abilities Maybe she can cloak herself"

That that just happened, Ali Giveversion, but make it short I want the full story before we reach Kat’s"

"She left my body, and she tried to kill me, and now she’s back inside me, and she’ll be et to her until she leaves ed my fists into his back with more force "I hate this I hate her!" I accidentally kneed him in the stomach, but he held firm

"Ali, calm down"

No I was done with cal off his shoulder He couldn’t stop round I ca to run Thekill the zorabbed my wrist and kept me in place "Calm down," he repeated "I mean it"

Calm? Cal a left, right, left He ducked, then arched, then swung in the other direction, but I never eredwith you?" he deain, and just when I think I’, and I’ and I think I’m mad at you because you stayed away an extra three days, and now you’re back but I knoould be best if I stayed away from you and everyone else because I could hurt you, seriously hurt you, and I just don’t kno ain he ducked

"You think it was easy to stay away from you?"

"Yes"

"My dad told me he’d keep his nose out of my relationship with you if I’d keep away from you for ten days Just ten No contact I think he hoped the craving would fade Do you knohat day this is, Ali? Nine I couldn’tI didn’t knohat to say to that

He stared over at me "I love you, Ali Do you understand? I love you"

Wait What? "You love irl" He lifted his chin, squared his shoulders and braced his legs apart, as if preparing for a real battle "You’re stubborn, too curious for your own good and you’ve become a wild card, but yes, I love you"

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Me

"And that’s how you tell ether He fell backward, and I followed hi more punches--but these lacked any heat My heart was too busy doing somersaults

He rolled me to hed azesand undeniable

"Let ain," he replied

I was breathing so heavily led, and I could feel every inch of hi way to need

"Tellmy head I couldn’t I wouldn’t If I said the words--I love you, Cole, love you so o, and he had to let ht now That’s the only thing that hasn’t changed, and I’et it We’ll revisit this subject later" He lowered his head, until his nose brushed mine

I breathed him in "No Not later"

"Fine We’ll finish it noant you, and you want h" He s deep, and I moaned at the perfection of it His taste, his heat, his strength, hiseverything This hat I’d ether Not out of anger or hurt Just need

I wrapped s around his waist and arched up, unable to help led ether," I said

"Whatever you say, Ali-gator"

The pressure escalated, alh,s With all the different eh me, my skin becas hummed I loved it I hated it

I loved him Had to tell him Couldn’t tell him I had to stop this, but I wanted more So much et, I slid es of his spine He hissed in a breath

"I love it when you touch ain, and the kiss spun out of control, until ere nipping at each other, and he was pulling atto happen, wasn’t it? Here and now, outside, in the cold I wasn’t sure howthis le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>