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Ashley struggled with her indecipherable eined what she'd say or feel when she saw hih now She touched the spot on her neck where he'd bitten her, unwilling to look away froain

Jonny was very different from the uncertain, emotional boy she'd dated four years before He was quietly confident, and the oldness in his eyes led her to believe he'd been serious about killing people for blood He had been a knobby, lean twenty year old when they last y dark hair gave hi look but the assurance in his tone and steady gaze dispelled any hope she'd had some part of the boy she once cared about remained

He had stopped her seizures and killed vaain Why did this surprise her? Why did she wish he'd never done those things, never brought her to the beach and held her? Never crossed her path despite her plan for revenge?

He was everything she'd hoped he would be - everything she wanted to hate - and yet she was devastated by it His clai infuriated her,every vao

Except her body was aleak after one of her epileptic attacks She was drained, unsettled, and in desperate need of rest where she was norod

Jonny atching her, and she couldn't help i he wanted to make her his dinner

"Where are we?" she asked to break the thick tension between theed It was soft and low, befitting the night "You need to go home"

"I can't Travel anyers my seizures"

"You had epilepsy eso personal "No," she said shortly "When my Natural skill took hold there were coet her through the first year The trauinal Other had triggered her and Brandon's gifts years before they were supposed to ee Brandon's mind talent revealed itself easily, but hers had nearly killed her

And Jonny didn't deserve to know anything about it

Jonny's cool, level gaze was on her "I can take us to San Diego" He held out his hand