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After aa quick glance out thebehind hi, but he would take no chances, not until he knehat this meant He knew the marks of the dynasties, and of the lowbloods that served thehtcrawlers who lurked at the edges of society, who hunted as they were hunted
This was nothing like those
"What have you gotten ain But her sleeping face gave no answers As the first hints of lethargy began to steal through hi a cat as he wound around the corner of her door and stole on silent feet down the hallway The wo places, and he had no intention of going far
Even in sleep, he would guard her
Because he had a bad feeling that Lily, before all was said and done, was going to need all the protection he could give
In dreams, Lily wandered in a ruined temple that was still blackened and charred from the fire she had seen so many times She looked for someone, but she knew not who; she knew only that they were lost to her forever The fire, and the people, were gone
In sorrow and confusion, Lily looked in vain for ould never return A man’s voice whispered on the breeze Her na the sian to burn
Chapter THREE
BY THE TIME her last class let out on Monday, Lily had to accept the truth: She was obsessing And not just her usual, run-of-the- over thean ied to vanish into thin air didn’t feel all that minuscule
"Okay, that’s it for today, everyone Drop your papers on the desk on your way out, and start reading Spenser’s The Faerie Queene I hear groaning There is no groaning in Intro to English Lit"
Not unless I’ pile of essays as the students filed past Lily grabbed her cup of coffee off the podiu at for the past hour and downed the last of it Even with the aid of her superinsulated travelthat eventually, when her caffeine levels hit criticalshe was experiencing Tynan MacGillivray was probably a serial killer A really, really hot serial killer With beautiful silver eyes, and a mouth that felt like--
"My God, you look like death warmed over Please tellso much sleep"
Lily jerked her head up, , the lecture hall had coot to stop, she told herself, buther way down the aisle toward her Bailey Harper looked a lot like a pixie who had recently tangled with a olf, which ht over fro to escape the ponytail she’d wrestled it into, and the ancient jeans and T-shirt she ere absolutely covered in a rainbow of dog hair Lily’s eyes dropped to Bay’s sneakers, which looked as though they’d been recently chewed Probably with her feet still in the about Bay’s clientele
"Does every dog you batheas she realized that there were indeed fresh chew marks on Bay’s Nikes
Bay narrowed her eyes as she came to a stop beside her "Pretty uess I can assu to like Daet your ass to a sleep clinic before you just drop dead of exhaustion?"
Lily sighed and huffed an errant lock of hair out of her face She had learned early on in their friendship that it was an exercise in futility to argue with Bay The woman was very short, deceptively cute, and a hu, which was al to clock her sometiht place
"I’m fine, Bay It’s been a while since I hooked up with Prince Insoed--all tease, no action," Lily said, deciding to go for huument
"Ha" Her friend’s look was bland at best "Lily, I’m aware that I’m no fashionista, but those dark circles under your eyes aren’t doing it for you Or me, for that matter I worry You’ve seeht Are you sure you were okay when you left the ghost hunt? Did so me?"
Lily covered her discomfort with an amused snort Bay was a lot closer to the truth than she liked, and she wasn’t interested in talking about it yet, if ever