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"You can’t seriously be asking me that! After what Levi did to me"

"You’re the one who decided to sleep with him, it was your choice" He sneered, any seone

I slapped him across the face instinctively "Shut up I had no idea what it meant"

He touched his face where I hit hiht?"

"I had it under control Besides, if it weren’t for Levi and the rest of you I wouldn’t be in this situation

"Under control? Have you looked at yourself?"

I resisted the urge to exae

"Not that I don’t enjoy seeing you half naked, but you can’t possibly tell me you had it handled"

"Just take me home"

Jared shook his head in frustration "This isn’t over You’ll have to talk to Levi and accept reality"

"Please, just take uests, I wanted my mom

"Not a chance You aren’t safe outside New Orleans"

I shuddered at the thought of getting taken again "Fine, then takewith you unless you pro to do, just stay out here?"

"What are you going to do, tell Levi you leftwaret us flying again

I spun around, facing hi?"

"There’s a Pteron cabin nearby We have a man here"

"You just happen to have a cabin in the et used to it"

"I don’t plan to"

Jared placed his hands roughly on ue, but what you need to understand is that you aren’t safe What happened back there can and will happen again if you try to run It was one thing when only a few of us knew that Levi and you connected, but now everyone knows Your life as you knew it is over, deal with it"

I shivered at his words, er faded

"Let’s go" Jared wrapped his arhtly, too e else

Jared landed, still keeping me close to his body I leaned into his

"Who’s out there?" A voice broke through the night catching

"It’s Jared, Allen I have her"

"Oh, thank goodness" An oldertowards us I tensed beside Jared His eyes ide as he looked attaken care of" Jared answered an unasked question "I need to get her soh"