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"Are you done?" de Aiden back a few steps "Aiden, you need to stop"

Aiden wiped the back of his hand over his cheek as he shrugged Leon’s hand off "Yeah, I’ to Seth, but when they let go of him, Seth shot around the? Any of you? They can’t touch me! I’m the fu--"

"Stop it!" I screamed "Just stop!" Seth froze, and several sets of eyes centered onThere’s no reason to kill each other over this" I glanced at Aiden "No reason to do any of this Just freaking stop"

Tension still ripened the air, but Seth pulled back and spat out a htened his shirt, the , but apparently all of you are too stupid to understand, ere--"

"Shut up, Seth" I clenched my hands

His brows rose

Aiden still looked furious His eyes were like pools of silver, consu his entire face

"It’s done and over, okay?" I said, mostly to hie not to try to kill each other, I’o and take a shower, because now I smell like ten-day-old butt"

Leon’s lips twitched as if he wished to slare I cut his way, his expression returned to the stoic one I was fa Icicles were for on my jeans

Seth wheeled around "Alex--"

"No" I stopped There was no way he was co so punches I needed to figure out what’d happened back there, why I’d felt what Seth wanted so strongly

"Alex!" Seth called out "Coht now" I started walking again "I’m done with this for today I mean it I’m done"

Chapter 10

SETH KNEW BETTER THAN TO SEEK OUT MY COMPANY Saturday night I was grateful for that, because I didn’t want to see his face I did, however, answer the door Sunday evening when he actually knocked That’s how I kneas feeling apologetic Seth never knocked

His hands were shoved into the pockets of his dark cargos The right side of his lip ollen "Hey," he said, staring over my head

"Hey"

He shifted from one foot to the next "Alex, I’m… sorry about yesterday I didn’t--"

"Stop," I cut hiet me to use akasha and you didn’t ood way, Seth"

A sheepish look crept across his face "I know, but Aiden pissed ht It’s over and done And I don’t want to argue with you I’ht it would be nice if you walked withto put on" I needed to talk with hirabbed a hoodie, alked out of the dorm in silence The ca Guards moved When I let out er yesterday"

"I’er yesterday"

"That’s not what I meant" We followed the e by the"I really felt it I wanted to knock the crap out of Leon It was like… like it was er"

Seth didn’t respond as he stared ahead, eyes narrowed

"It went away as soon as I wasn’t touching you, but it was pretty weird" I stopped walking as the bridge cae Exhaust filled the air, and several Council Guards stood post "You don’t have anything to say about that?"

He glanced down atinto akasha, Alex If Leon hadn’t interfered, it would’ve happened"

As if that was thethat’d happened "Seth, did you hear a word I said?"

"I did, and I don’t knohy you felt er so clearly" He took his hands out of his pockets and folded his ar into akasha It "

What I had felt didn’t seem to bother or really surprise Seth But todeal "When I Awaken, I’ll feel and hat you want Don’t you get what I’? I wanted what you wanted already"

"Alex" He dropped his hands on ainst his chest "You’re not Awakening Stop worrying"

I frowned and pushed off He letto happen, isn’t it? With the marks and now this? And I’m only like a month away"

"It’s not such a--"

"Alexandria, I alad you’ve come to see Seth off," said Lucian I turned and was i The smell of incense and cloves chokedIt would ease my worries to have you by Seth’s side"

My arh I hated when Lucian did this

He pattedSeth "How ?"

Lucian was asking Seth for his opinion? What The Hell I turned to Seth in disbelief