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The only bet any of them were able to cash in on was the one they h school, which he felt was bullshit since he hadn’t exactly had iven that he was in a coma when his father and Madison made the choice to pull hio back, but still……

He would have graduated if he’d stayed, not that he would have wanted to stay, but Madison and Grandma would have kicked his ass everyday twice a day if that’s what it took to get a diploma in his hand By the time he’d healed fully a year and a half had passed and he refused to be an alh school junior If he had been human with a normal life expectancy Grandet his GED, but they all knew that he would never need it to get a job since he’das a Sentinel until the day he died, which could be today or a hundred and seventy years from now, either way a GED wouldn’t help hiht classes to continue his education A few years ago his father got hi along with his father and they often chatted about books, ideas and the nehile they were killing ti He didn’t need a piece of paper to tell him that he was sht now considering his od they had their Sentinel abilities and duties in couy had fked up by pairing someone like her with a loser like hi?" Ephraim asked as they walked across the driveway towards the side of the house

He didn’t have to ask to knohat his father ether they were pretty in sync and could usually carry on full conversations with just a feords

"I’ the corner and da by the back of her shirt off the new rose trellis they’d built for his Grandood idea?" Ephraiood idea of what Chris had planned

Chris rubbed the back of his neck and nodded There really wasn’t ht up to speed and they needed to see exactly how quickly she could tap into her natural Sentinel skills

He just hoped the sad little bitch slapping thing she was ai at the trellis to free herself wasn’t the extent of her current skills

"Eric said a Sentinel’s natural fighting skills caht?" Ephraiave up her bitch slapping and twisted and turned to free herself

"Yeah, that’s what he said," Chris said, ht before hiroans and weird littlehi softly

"What?" Chris asked, already having a feeling who the poor bastard was No doubt his father thought he was going to turn into the sa Happening

As much as he loved and respected his father he was not about to lose his head over a woman His life was his fah he hoped that one day his ht now she was part of his job

She was the second half of his soul and coether they would make damn sure his family and the humans under their protection could continue to live without fear froht He knewtheir e them that It just wasn’t all that important for him