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Fighting hard against his baser instincts, and the raging deained control and was si presence onceHer touch soothed hihtly within him Her soft smile warmed hiht?" he asked, unable to stop hi at her like a fool as they"Well you’ve already seen the nu"

She laughed again, shaking back her golden hair "Well, their shakes definitely are But I’d be happy to show you around town if you want"

"I do"

Her long lashes lowered shyly over her eyes, a dull flush stained her cheeks "Great, I’ll uh… oh crap" The shtly together "I forgot, I can’t tonight, there’s so that I have to do"

He tried to contain his disappoint and turned to face hiet to their cars and escape the crowded parking lot "Toht then?"

Her smile returned, but her eyes remained oddly troubled and distant He could sense a fierce tension swirling through her, an odd sense of regret and loss seeh she said yes, he sensed souish?

"Cassie colanced over her shoulder to where Chris stood, leaning out of his car with his arer door, her dark eyes narrowed slightly as she studied theo"

Sadness still enveloped her as she htened around his before she released hi his face with an intensity that left him shaken Loss seemed to envelope her as she took a small step back

"I’ll see you to he would see her before then

He didn’t understand as going on with her, but she seeood He had no intention of letting her go though Not now, not after he had finally broken through some of her barriers Especially not now that he knew the reality of her was far better than the drea and hurrying away Glancing briefly back she hesitated for aher friends and slipping into the beat up Mustang Melissa and Chris watched hi, and slightly unnerving There was so that he could not quite put his finger on But strangely enough, their oddness was vaguely familiar to hi lot, wracking his brain for what it was about Chris and Melissa that plagued hi to put it aside for now, he headed to where he had parked his car A group of students had gathered around it, most of thes, but barely paid them any attention as he hit the button on his remote The car beeped in response and the locks popped open

"Devon! Devon!"

He turned as Marcy hurried up to hihtly as she adjusted her books in her arnore his lack of a warhtly He iveback toward the Mustang that was stuck in traffic at the entranceway of the school He knehat Marcy was angling for, knew that she wanted to be seen pulling out of this parking lot with hih school, he had quickly learned how fast gossip and ruh the s about him Not now that he had finally reached Cassie, not now that she was finally talking to hi his existence

"What’s the matter with your car?"

She frowned at hihtly It was apparent she had not expected any kind of hesitance on his part "Well I usually ride with Kara, but her car isn’t starting"

Devon htly on his door handle He didn’t want to leave the girl stranded, but he also didn’t want to let her in his car He knew his affect on women, but there were some that were drawn to hiirls It would not end well if he let her pursuit of hi that I ive you a ride" It was not a lie; he did need to find a place to stay He was tired of hotel roo about He hadn’t had any intention of re when he first arrived in this town, now he had no intention of leaving

Marcy’s eyes narrowed slightly, anger sparked through the that was now at the front of the line "I saw you speaking with Cassie"

Devon stiffened, his hand slid away from the door handle Even if he had been human, he never could have aze "Yes"

She chose to ignore the warning in his tone as her gaze slid slowly back to him "It would probably be best if you stayed away froh clenched teeth

Marcy shrugged as she plastered a falsely sweet smile on her face "You could do better"

"Like you?"