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I’h Zia’s unexpected acceptance of Cecilia It wasn’t that long ago she couldn’t stand the girl So extraordinary must’ve happened while ere in Providence I don’t know, like s--Zia’s er from about a dozen different bands--or, maybe Cecilia offered Zia a friendship in the form of money with any number that has a lot of zeros behind it

I can’t think of anything else that ers under the edge ofwithto touch me where he shouldn’t with others around At least I hope like hell he doesn’t plan to Regardless, I don’t think I can contain er

"You didn’t answer ers closer "Are you sure you’ll hold out on rin off his lips, but I can’t move any part of my body now but my eyes

Finally, Isaac s still straddling his waist, and crushes his ainst mine

"Ahhh!" Zia yells out "Come on! I’m not into porn!"

Isaac breaks the kiss and says without taking his eyes off uess I’ll just have to wait a week"

He won this battle a long ti on his bottom lip with my teeth and then kiss it softly

I don’t have to say a word

We leave Zia, Caet to his rooh

Chapter 13

ISAAC HAS ME AT Ara On this day, there are fewer guards outside; at least those in plain sight anyway Raul is one of the outside at the front of the cabin with a sword sheathed at his hip I think he’s Trajan’s nuuard because he’s the only one I’ve seen consistently since the first tio

"Another day of volunteer work," Raul says as we approach the front porch

The earlysky is borderline dark A faint blue hue bathes the forest in just enough soft light that I can see everything clearly but it makes me feel like I should still be in bed

"Unfortunately," Isaac answers in a sullen tone He pats Raul’s shoulder with one hand

I leave the Isaac once on the lips and slipping inside the cabin It looks exactly the sauards, there are fewer servants working on the bottoiver, stands on the top floor overlooking the bottom and she smiles down at me

As I make my way up the stairs, I realize how relieved I aain The more that I see her, the h I find that strange and maybe even unhealthy, I don’t care to seek the anshy Aramei is special to me I thinkconnected to her like this has only enhanced s for her and every day it drives this insatiable need to help her and maybe to protect her

I don’t know, but I truly feel like our connectionon inside her mind I feel like I’m here for Ara to do with it And the more I think about this the more I feel like I want to lie to him, keep him out of my time with her entirely Because after all, I think if Ara to communicate with him, it would be him she has called out to She would have said his name and not mine

"Good to see you, Milady" Eva bows and I put up onna have to stop doing that," I say It seems I have to remind her of this every time I coy, her soft hands folded together in front of her laying against the black sheer fabric of her gown

"She’s awake," I say walking over to Arae of her ih her light-colored hair, brushing it back behind her ears and I look across at Eva "Has she see up to join us, "she has appeared o she could only stare off at theoverlooking the driveway I could be wrong, but it seeh she could sense that you were on your way"

I slad to hear this news and then I kneel in front of Aramei so that I can be more at level with her eyes The lantern on the bedside table casts a soft orange-yello on one side of her face, accentuating her long, thick eyelashes and her angelic, unbleently pull the ends of her sheer white gon frohs, and smooth the fabric over her knees Her restful hands lay in her lap, sinking slowly in-between her legs in the slope of the thin material As always, she smells wonderful, like vanilla and jasmine oils that have been rubbed into her skin

I peer deeply into Aran of conscious life