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"Are you still pissed about last night?"

I cracked an eye open "You est Prick? Nah, I’rulass between his teeth Apologizing wasn’t one of his strong suits, or any els not the exception apparently

Gruain and knew until I addressed his questions, relaxation would not be ree to one thing" He waited, not giving his confirnaled between the two of us witheverything else, I had thought about Dorian a lot today and our strange dynamic I was confident in my decision, even if saddenedbetween us I thought it would be okay to have fun with you, but it’s turned into a complicated mess Are you my friend? My lover?"

"Well in order to qualify me as your lover ould have had to--"

I held up my hand to stop him "That’s not the point The point is, soers to mimic quotation marks, "we slipped off track and became friends with benefits"

"Worst benefits ever I haven’t even gotten to fu--"

Again, I heldat all the way I had planned it inyour hands on ues, but that’s all you can do for me"

Man, that sounded a lot harsher once I said the words By the look on Dorian’s face he agreed What he didn’t knoas that staying away fro to be just as hard forme in the tub Dorian scented bubbles definitely a bad idea

He nodded awhile as he thought about so "Sorry, cupcake, no deal I knohat I want and I want you I’ll kiss you, caress you and tease you senseless until you get it through that thick skull of yours and admit you want me just as bad" He stood up andnow?

He bent down, resting his arm on the tub "You care too iven in to what you want, isn’t it? You’re afraid of the whispers that will follow if people hear you’re with rabbed a washrag, subed it into the water and then trailed it over ," I whispered

"I may not be able to see your future, but I can still sense your soul I feel the craving within it whenever you look at meFeel me Kiss me Don’t pretend for one second I’m in this alone You can try to foolin here," he tapped the space overyou say and do" He stood up, placing the washrag on the rim of the tub and walked to the door "Maybe for once you should listen to it instead of the voices of others" And with those parting words, he left hts And boy were there a lot of them

Chapter Twenty-Two

"Who do you suppose he is?" Lauren asked All three of us were sitting on the sofa I’d just got done telling them about the musical oldhis point ho very…odd about hih I think he wants host I ht?"

Dorian nodded "Or a demon It could be another one of the Veil’s tricks or Holly’s or the VC’s" He looked over at me and snorted "It’s nice to know I’m not the only one you piss off"

Lauren and Dorian shared at laugh at my expense I scowled at both of theure out a way to put an end to all of this so I can return to ave each of the ceased, but Lauren still s down the Veil’s headquarters is next to i their secret hideout and ca the chaos is to find and kill Holly"

"Te, but she’s flown the coop Not even the NAWC can track her" I thought for aback to the old man He was just too curious not to exahostly realm"

"What for?" Dorian and Lauren asked in unison

"To find the old ht Ifrom the hallucination or was it a drea about a hill andhim, but I was confident that if I crossed over I would find ly walk into what is most likely a trap?" Dorian’s voice was incredulous "You hold her dohile I bind her hands and feet," he said to Lauren The scary thing was, I didn’t detect a hint of huh I didn’t knohy My encounter with the strangefor attention

Find me…findwith or without him, but his company would ht"