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I closed my eyes and let myI could do but wait And hope Ash wasn’t trying to kill me

If I wanted to kill you, you’d be dead No question there Traitor

I didn’t move my lips, but I answered him "You’re the traitor Not me"

And then I saw a memory that wasn’t my own, and felt Ash try to pull me away fro!" I didn’t knoas happening, only that this was not how Traveling worked Or at least, it wasn’t supposed to Up to three people could travel at a tih, and they didn’t suddenly see each other’s h Ash’s eyes, a le

He was an Ender, but he atching me as a child The day my mother was killed

The day Bra hide-and-seek, and Ash was bored out of his ainst ht against the memory ‘"No, I don’t want to see this!"

But I had no choice I was seeing it whether or not I wanted to

Chapter 14

A waste of talent, sending him to keep an eye on the brats A sh he had to ad as hell, playing hide and seek, using their innate abilities to cheat Especially little Lark She was a natural when it ca into her power One day she would be a force to be reckoned with He only hoped she would be ave a shudder That Belladonna was a wretch, and he avoided her whenever he could Lately, though, she seemed to be able to sniff him out like a bloodhound

Ash walked in tandem with Lark and Cactus, but they didn’t see him He kept to the shadows of the trees, kept an eye on theht they’d left the world behind, but her father would never leave her without protection

"Hello, Ash," a soft voice beckoned and he spun Belladonna stood behind him, her top open down to theinto her own, looking more like her mother every day and less like a child She wore a deep red dress that barely hung onto the curve of her breasts and hips Sounder it Shit His eyes widened, but he responded as best he could

"Princess, I’ the little bastard yet?" She ran a hand down his arrabbed his ass He stepped back, away fro as if that would draw hiet him into her bed at every turn But she was such a little bitch Another part of her just like her mother

"No, I have the shift for a few hours yet" He turned his back on her and her arms slid around his waist, and down to his belt buckle

"A few o amiss, would they? Surely you have tiers were deft and she had the belt off in seconds