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It was iic, it couldn’t be true I wanted to say as e was to shake

Because I remembered him, the way I’d seen him in my drea closer and scooping ain "And you know it Deep inside, you remember me, and you know it’s true I ith you, not oncenot twicebut we’ve shared lifetiain" Heoff of his body and finding its way beneath? Why were you with Queen Vespaire?"

He shook his head "I could never stay anywhere for too long Look at e identities I have only this body, and it never changes I don’t age People notice that People start to question why everyone else grows older while I remain youthful

"Eventually I have to leave To wait until"--he tipped his head, his brow furrowing as if he wasn’t sure how to continue--"until there’s a new host Soain For years, usually, before the questions start again But this ti There was no word of a new queen No new host" Pain filled his face as he looked atI wanted to reach out and hold him

No, I insisted, not me She wanted to reach out and hold hi," he finished sadly "But now you’re here again I knew I’d find you"

"No" I shookto break the spell I was under "Not ht in my voice, and even I wasn’t sure what I believed Every cell in my body responded to him; every nerve bundle, every muscle fiber reacted to his nearness

"You," he insisted, leaning down and letting his breath graze my ear

Sabara’s voice on the other side of , Just let me have this Just let me have this Just let me have this

I felt ap that barely existed in the first place, as I easedback with her, No, no, no!

His lips brushed my neck just as I felt a tear slip downI’d ever known before welled insidethis isn’t what it looks like" Brooklynn’s voice came from behind me and I jerked away froainst my skin, as I spun toward her

She stood in the open doorway, the one I’d just coown Yet she still ed to look fierce and unstoppable