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Shaunee
The Sons of Erebus Warriors went grion&039;s pyre Shaunee tried to do what she could to help the it, so she pointed out all of the particularly dry logs, or planks, and guided the Warriors into placing theht, so that the fire would burn cleanly and quickly
Shaunee tried to be encouraging She told theon would be proud of therier It was only after Aphrodite breezed up, tossing her hair and talking with her usual take-no-prisoners attitude that things started to get better
"So, handsoave you when you and I first started going out?" Aphrodite winked at several of the other Warriors "I&039;ll bet Stephen and Conner and Westin remember it, don&039;t ya? Wasn&039;t it the three of you who had to pull extra training with Darius after Dragon found out he was fraternizing with a fledgling?" Aphrodite had lowered her voice and affected a tone that sounded weirdly like the Sword Master
The Warriors had actually so at your boy there"
Darius snorted "Watch yourself, Conner I have not been a boy for decades"
Conner laughed "I think that&039;s what Dragon was having a problem with"
Aphrodite smiled flirtatiously and ran a hand down Darius&039;s thick bicep "He was trying to tire you out so that you wouldn&039;t be energetic enough to fraternize with me"
"That would have taken an army of vampyres," Darius said
It was Stephen&039;s turn to snort "Really? Is that why Anastasia had to intervene?"
Aphrodite&039;s blond broent up "Intervene? Anastasia? You didn&039;t tell me that, handsome"
"Itwith you, my beauty"
"Ha!" Westin scoffed "There is no way any one of us could forget Anastasia, hair flying, descending upon our Sword Master, calling hi Darius"
Shaunee had to join the laughter "She seriously said Dragon was picking on Darius?"
Conner, as tall and blond and almost as hot as Shaunee&039;s element, said, "She absolutely did She even called him Bryan and re a century ago, his life would be on Lankford for fifty years," Stephen said "I&039;d never seen him bested by any other Warrior, but Anastasia could stop hiood that they are together," Darius said
"He lost hi I can well understand" Darius lifted Aphrodite&039;s hand, kissing it gently
"You truly did see them reunite?"
"Yes" Darius, Aphrodite, and Shaunee spoke together
"He&039;s happy again," Shaunee said
"She died first, but she waited for hi at Darius, but Shaunee could see tears in her eyes
"She died a Warrior&039;s death," Westin said
"As did Dragon," Darius said
"We need to reht," Shaunee said "Remember their joy and their oath and that they still have love"
"Always love," Darius said softly, touching Aphrodite&039;s cheek
"Always love," she echoed Then she raised a blond brow "If you&039;re not too tired, that is"
"Ha! So Anastasia was right! We were picking on poor, young Darius" Stephen and the other Warriors laughed and Darius sputtered while Aphrodite teased
Shaunee backed away froroup that surrounded it Fire, warnite within theon and Anastasia are together and happy She felt the warroup, invisible to the eye, and almost undetectable to anyone who didn&039;t have an affinity for fire But it helped She had helped Shaunee really believed it
Feeling slightly less awful, she wandered away Shaunee knew she needed to go to the stables, but that didn&039;t er to face the destruction that her eleh, she re a circuitous route and heading toward the courtyard that had the pretty fountain in it Fro lot, that led more directly to the field house than to the stables
Shaunee heard water before she heard Erin&039;s voice
She hadn&039;t meant to be all creeper-like and lurky She&039;d only moved quietly into the shadows around the courtyard because she hadn&039;t wanted a scene with Erin-not because she was spying on her
Then she heard the other voice Shaunee didn&039;t recognize who it was at first He wasn&039;t talking loud enough She only recognized Erin&039;s flirty giggle Shaunee was trying to decide if curiosity was the saot louder and she realized the guy Erin was ai sick to her stomach, Shaunee moved closer
"Yeah, that&039;s what I&039;irl You knoater and electricity ether, don&039;t you?"
Shaunee stayed co and tell hied; instead her stohtning-that&039;s what electricity and water make Sounds hot to me"
"That&039;s because it is hot You are hot You&039;re like a sauna, girl-or a steam bath I&039;d like to soak in"
Shaunee had to press her lips together in a tight line to keep fro Dallas a douche herself Erin would No ould she want anything to do with Dallas He was a total asshole He hated Stevie Rae and Zoey! Stevie Rae had said he&039;d tried to kill her! Erin was just setting him up to smack him down and put hi She heard nothing Walking quietly, Shaunee one She&039;d probably rolled her eyes and walked away and not even bothered with telling Dallas to get lost
Shaunee rong Real wrong
Erin had backed up against the fountain Water was flowing all over her Her hair, her clothes, her body Dallas was staring at her like he was starving and she was a T-bone steak dinner Erin lifted her ary shirt, which hite and wet and now totally see-through
"How&039;s this for a wet T-shirt contest?" Her voice was all sexy and she shi her boobs bounce
"You win That&039;s the hottest thing I&039;ve ever seen, girl"
"I can show you so hotter," Erin said With one motion she pulled her soaked T-shirt off and then unhooked her lace bra
Dallas was breathing so hard Shaunee could hear hiirl That is hotter"
"And what about this?" Erin hooked her thumbs in the waist of her little plaid skirt and pulled it off She s she was still wearing
"How &039;bout takin&039; the rest of that off?" His voice had deepened and he&039;d ood tobut water" Erin peeled off the thong Now all she had on were her Christian Louboutin boots She ran her hands all over her body with the water "Wanta get ith et with you," he said "Girl, I&039;onna open up a whole other world for you"
"I&039; herself "&039;Cause I&039; in"
"Lightning, girl Let&039;sit!" Erin said
Dallas closed the distance between theether and so into each other that Shaunee didn&039;t have to worry about the her when she rushed away, totally nauseated, her eyes filled with tears
Zoey
"If you guys don&039;t ht there ht in the reference section if I dig hard enough He&039;s probably better at research than I am, but I&039; to find, eventually I&039;ll find it"
"No probleood to me"
She started to walk away and then paused "Hey, thanks for lettingwhat I had to say in there And, well, sorry again for that thing with Aphrodite earlier"
"I&039; to for that," I said
"Yeah, well, I think you&039;re the only one ill listen," Shaylin said, glancing in the direction Aphrodite had twitched off
"Aphrodite&039;ll listen Just not very well," Stevie Rae said "You did good in there, Shaylin I like what you say about people&039;s colors I think you should focus on following your gut about what you see"
"Huh," Kraet you in a shit ton of trouble"
I was thinking, understate, "What&039;s up, Kras They&039;re actin&039; like they wanta help clean up the stable"
Stevie Rae frowned I chewed my lip Kramisha crossed her ar?" Shaylin spoke into the uncoroup has been, well" I hesitated, trying to for words I tried (pretty much) to avoid
Kramisha beat me to it, "They&039;s ass bites"
"Maybe they&039;re trying to change," Shaylin said
"They&039;s devious ass bites," Kramisha added
"We don&039;t trust them," I explained
"And we have lots of reasons to don&039;t trust &039;eotta practice being a leader and Shaylin&039;s gotta practice her True Sight thing So let&039;s do both" Stevie Rae straightened her back and her voice changed froirl-like to a woman who sounded o to the ht now you&039;ll come with me to the stables I want you to look at the colors of the red fledglings there and tell erous"
"Yes, ma&039;am," she said
"Uh, you don&039;t have to calllike herself again "Just lettin&039; h"
"You ain&039;t that bossy," Kramisha said
"Well, I&039;lanced at rinned at her "You can boss ave me an ack! look "If I ever try to you can call me a wiener and tell hed "Well, then, if you don&039;t care I&039;onna take so I&039;ll h If you see Stark, tell him I&039;m fine and I&039;ll be there soon"