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"May I talk to you for ahi s lined the underneath of his gray eyes We stopped in front of two other council me on da to the both of thean "We all suspected Holly was capable of horrid things, but even this surpassed our expectations Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon in our positions Some leaders will always crave more power It’s the curse of politics I suppose" He tucked his hands into his trouser pockets Soft wrinkles around his eyes and cheeks deepened when he frowned

"To ard to the situation, we are granting you a severance--"

"That’s not necessary," I interrupted

"It is," Charles said in all seriousness "It is our jobs as your council to protect the witches We not only failed in doing so, but also pushed the issue between you and Holly to the side Because of her, multiple witches died at the hands of the vampires When all of us were blind to her deceit, you saw the truth We would also like you to consider filling the spot on the council" Charles continued, "We could benefit frolanced at Miranda and Patrick They both nodded in agree asked to becohest honors for our kind None of the er than two hundred and held wisdom I had yet to possess At twenty-six, could I really stand over my peers and expect them to put their faith in me when half the ti who I was and that was okay with irl speechless," Patrick co to form words "I--I am flattered, truly, but…I cannot accept My place is in Flora"

Charles consideredinto a frown "I’e your mind in the future We won’t always be around and we’ll need capable witches to take our spots"

I nodded "Perhaps, but I’ ht happen," Charles said "But, you’re still a witch, just a different kind And you’re alelcome here"

I s"

"Well then," Charles gave a small smile, "just the severance for now" He looked at Miranda She held out her palular piece of paper appeared in her hand and she gave it to me It was a check made out to me My eyes fell on the amount and my jaw dropped open I looked up at Charles, Patrick and Miranda in turn ide eyes

"This amount cannot be correct"

"I assure you it is," Miranda sue? I began to laugh, giddiness overwhelht Fiona, Rebekah and I were surrounded by a mountain of dessert platters and pizza boxes I found out rade A student and in love with someone na she burst out laughing Her eyes glittered when she was amused "He’s an actor," she toldanyone out of Hollywood, she said our parents would not allow her to date No surprise there

"She has our song on here," Fiona said, swiping through my sister’s iPod Since Aaron had nabbed her on her walk ho with her She informed me she never went anywhere without her MP3 player

"What song?"

"Toxic," Fiona replied with an ahteen she and I ," she told Rebekah

"I have no clue what she’s talking about," I said

"Oh really?" Fiona countered, setting the iPod on the docking station and pressing play The pop song filled the bedroom and she hopped up froan to raphed dance Rebekah watched her with interest, laughing when Fiona forgot a step

"Are you seriously going to make me do this alone all to save face in front of your little sister?"

I looked at Rebekah, shakingand we took our places When the lyrics began, we both belted out the words and moved in timed precision The dance was a little on the sexy side I just hoped I wasn’t scaring hed A second round of applause sounded froainst the doorfrarin on his face

"Enjoy the show?" I asked

"Very er up to indicate I needed a minute to Fiona and Rebekah, and walked over to Dorian We stepped out into the hall

"So this is oed "Sometimes," I said "Others we just drink and bitch about ht our plane tickets Our flight is in two hours"

I looked over at o ho

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