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Caleb turned his back on ainst the frame I remained in my spot a few feet away from him and didn’t say a word I needed to let him think

When he finally turned back around to face me, I was relieved to see a look of resolve in his eyes

"I understand what this means to you, Rose I understand how hard it h what he has and to be living in such uncertainty But it co to inflict unbearable torture onher honeymoon" He paused, a spark of sarcasht at the end," I shot back, "just before we return"

He narrowed his eyes on , peaceful honeymoon with no hurry to return You can turn me e coet really bad, you can take me back there quickly"

He still looked wary, but apparently he was struggling to find an arguain, wrapping ainst hiraze his skin "Please, baby," I whispered

He looked down atto skewer me"

Chapter 9: Derek

I stood in the Ar the walls covered eapons Some had been newly developed by the witches, while others were as old as The Shade itself I still remembered soed well

While each of us moved about and picked up a weapon every now and then, h I hated the idea of both of theain, of course I couldn’t deny Rose her honeymoon She and Caleb h some back to reality

I eyed the weapons in each of our hands "Yes," I said "We’re done here"

I left the Arrounds outside

Although we had witches protecting us from the hunters, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy about the fact that they were still watching us If I knew exactly what their intentions were, it wouldn’t be so bad, but not knowing… It was eating away at ainst my every instinct as a ruler to just shut h our barrier was ie that And there was only one way Sofia was nervous about what I had planned, but she understood why I needed to do it and didn’t bother atte to persuade round that were suitable for use against hunters, and I picked three of the uns--and holstered theo"