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I look at Isaac and Daisy back and forth,to assume I’m the one that did that?"

Isaac’s eyes crinkle around the edges and his inally into a hard line "Yeah, you sort of did that," he says carefully

I cringe "Sort of did it?" I say "There’s nothing sort of about that" I point at the hole as if they don’t already know that it’s there I let my hand drop toaround chunks of rock scattered all around the floor

At least the view is nice It’s a beautiful suh the trees that surround the house The sun is shining and only a fehite cues in the giant opening and letting the stun fade frorinning faintly again, enough that I can detect it, but it’s al to hide the fact that this sohts hi directly at Isaac

Daisy is s because clearly I’htful

"Well, it’s not exactly funny," Isaac says, his lips lengthening into a smile even more evidently "It’s just that…well, it’s hot"

My head feels like there’s a spring in it as it jerks inward and my eyes crease under wrinkles of perplexity "Hot?" I say "Hot as in hot-hot or sexy-hot?"

Daisy is suppressing a giggle behind me, but I don’t taketo do I put my hands on my hps and I’m sure I look like my mother did when I was little, but I don’t care

"Sexy-hot," Isaac says He moves in close and places his hands on each of reat; there’s that irresistible grin of his that causes me to fold every tiht It’s hot because you’re stronger than any girl I’ve knoas Turned and not born a olf"

He must beand say, "It was just a all" Then I turn to see Isaac again "This is an old house"

He kisses my cheek and says afterwards, "I told you about this, remember?"

"About what?" I say, and I really can’t recall just yet what he’s referring to, but somehow I know it’s about to be an Oh, that! er thanaway from him

I’m not as laid-back about this news as they clearly appear to be and Isaac detects it right away I turnin the rock wall and step out into the partial sunlight

I hear Daisy and Isaac whispering to each other, but I’hts to wonder about what they’re saying Besides, when Isaac joins oes back up the base that Isaac should ‘take it fro my aro every month if there’s no baseh and his shoulders relax It’s as if he had been trying to figure out exactly as bothering me and realized too late what should’ve been obvious in the beginning

"We have a ure it out," he says "It’s really not an issue"

"Isaac, I could’ve hurt…killed so ertip "We’ll fix it," he says "And before you say it, I rin creeps up at the corner of his o to kiss hi under several sets of tires funnels around to us froaze is solely fixed on the back of the house as if he’s staring right through it to see who’s pulling into the drive That intense look etched in his expression instantly has h htens aroundon, we’re walking around the side of the house and into the front yard where three 4-wheel drive SUV’s and oneup to the front of the house My heart is ha inside my chest and I don’t even knoho’s inside the vehicles yet I have this feeling injust at the edge of the front of the house, Isaac reaches out his hand and carefully pushes ue

"Who’s that?" I whisper harshly

"It’shis eyes off the vehicles

Figures pile out of the SUV’s; tall, brute men that I know aren’t really human I count twelve of them who each take up a position in the yard and around the house One in particular walks right past Isaac and me to stand watch at the back of the house My eyes lock on hi else, my mind is lost in theories of what this could be about Trajan doesn’t come here often and I can count the times I’ve seen him at this house on one hand, but never has he coed that Raul, the ancient olf soldier whoht have made me feel better about this Maybe Okay, probably not