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“And hyper”

Shtly, she leaned back “And Adam is way nicer than his brother”

“A rabid hyena is nicer than Andrew,” he retorted “When ere kids, he locked me in an old chest once Left me there for hours”

“What? Geez, that’s terrible” There was a pause “So, back to the fact that there are two sets of triplets in a town the size of a gnat Odd, right?”

She had no idea There was a truckload of triplets around this town, but they stayed in the Luxen co Seneca Rocks, rarely seen by the hus worked out in the human world There was safety in numbers and the Elders liked to keep everyone under their thumbs At least that’s what Daemon believed

“Our families have been friends for years When weto the truth

Genuine interest flickered in her eyes She asked about Dae his older brother to Bethany was about as easy as trying to avoid stepping on a landmine in the ained them a lot of impatient stares from the staff, who probably wanted to free up the table

When it finally caain, that he felt reluctant at the thought of their parting He hung by her car, twirling his keys around a finger “I had a really good time”

“I did, too” Her cheeks were ruddy in the wind Pretty She aze juain”

“I plan on it” Daanted to kiss her Right then Right there But instead, he held back and gave her a lauy “See you tomorrow?”

Dumb question, since they had school tomorrow

Bethany nodded and then stretched up on the tips of her toes, placing her hand on his chest for support Stepping into his body, she wrapped one arm around the sainst his cheek “Talk to you tonight?”

He lowered his head, inhaling the clean scent of her hair Being this close to her, he felt like he was in his true form, and he opened his eyes just to loitch

“Of course,” hethe sh her body and into his, causing hihed, slipping free froThe way her flush deepened had hiht”

“Good” She kept backing up, until she was on the other side of her car, opening the door “Because I really don’t think I can go to sleep without hearing your voice now”

Dawson’s thoughts scattered All he could do was stand there and watch her drive away And only when he was sure she couldn’t see him, he let his lips split into a s on his heel, he started toward his Jetta and then came to a sudden stop The s to do with the wind