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"I know you didn’t do it on purpose, Kitten" His hand pressed a soothing circle against ood chance he won’t even remember And if he does, no one will believe him"

Hope sparked "You think?"

"Yes People will think he’s crazy" Dae his head so ere eye level "No one will believe him, okay? And if he starts to talk, I’ll--"

"You’ll do nothing" I shi a deep breath "I think you’ve already scarred the boy for life"

"Obviously not," heback there? You were upset Why?"

Heat infusedtoward ht beside me "Kat, talk to me"

"I can make it back home without your help, thank you very much"

He held a branch out of the way so I could pass under it "I would hope so It is right there"

"Shouldn’t you be ht noay?"

He stared at nized my mistake immediately

"That’s what all of this is about?"

"No It had nothing to do with you--or her"

"You’re jealous" He sounded s to win this bet"

I stomped forward "Me? Jealous? You’ve lost your rabbed ht "Who cares about Ben?"

"Blake," I corrected

"Whatever I thought you didn’t likehis hold "You’re right I don’t like you"

Anger flared in his eyes "You’re lying--blushing cheeks and all"

The worst case of verbal diarrhea happened "You were kissingfun with Ash? Is this what you norirl to the next?"

"No" He dropped my arm "That’s not what I do I don’t"

"Yeah, I hate to break it to you, but you are doing it" And so had I What was I doing? I couldn’t be , but I was It was ridiculous "God, I a You can do whatever you want and I don’t have any right--"

Daeon between Ash andwith you, Kat"

"Whatever" I whirled around, walking again "I’m not jealous I don’t care if you and Ash ether I don’t care And honestly, if it weren’t for this stupid connection, you wouldn’t even enjoy kissing me You probably already don’t"

Daemon was suddenly in front of me I took an involuntary step back "Do you think I didn’t enjoy kissing you? That I haven’t thought about it every second since then? And I know you have Just adht coils thrummed "What is the point of this?"

"Have you?"

"Oh, for crap’s sake, yes, I have I do! Do you want me to write it down for you? Send you an e-mail or a text? Will that make you feel better?"

Daemon arched a brow "You don’t need to be sarcastic"

"And you don’t need to be here Ash is waiting for you"

He cocked his head to the side in exasperation "Do you really think I’o to her?"

"Uh, yeah, I do"

"Kat" He shook his head, his voice a soft denial

"It doesn’t et this? Please?"

Daeet this and neither can you"

Frustrated, I turned on my heel and stalked toward my house I half expected him to stop me, but after a few successful steps away I realized he wasn’t going to I had to fight turning around to see if he still stood there I’d ht Kicked a hissy fit over Ash and Daemon, stormed out of the party, and nearly decapitated Siht

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