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"Help hed "Helpthat far, but now that heto Blake, I had potential to be stronger than Daee of the knife on ain, and I wanted to kick hiht Arum"

"Why not? If I can control the Source and help, why not? I could fight"

"I think the reasons are pretty huge," he yelled, all the hu "First off, you’re a human"

"Not really"

His eyes narrowed "Granted, you’re a mutated human, but a human who’s a hell of a lot weaker and more vulnerable than a Luxen"

I exhaled slowly "You don’t knoeak or vulnerable I’ll be fully trained"

"Whatever Secondly, you have no business going up against the Arum That will never happen"

"Daemon--"

"It won’t if I’o after an Aru"

I tried to push downI hatedme what to do "You don’t own me, Daemon"

"It’s not about ownership, you little nut"

"Nut?" I glared at him "I wouldn’t call nored that "Thirdly, there is so off about Blake You can’t tell me you don’t see or sense that"

"Oh, don’t--"

"You know nothing about hi deal"

"These aren’t good enough reasons"

"Because I don’t want you in danger--how about that? Is that dah for you?" he shouted, and I ju in several deep breaths

I hadn’t realized that could’ve been the real reason behind it all About every part of me softened, and"Dae back toword that it stole my breath and my heart "Daemon, I’m flattered--I am, but your job is not to protect me I’m not Dee I’ht you’re not Dee! But you are ot you into thisyou further into it!"

My head was spinning His reasons for wantingI needed to prove to hi to be constantly watched over If he felt that way and did keep putting himself in jeopardy because of ," I said

Daemon stared at me "Does it even er? That I won’t facilitate soainst the Aru to help you and your kind is idiotic?"

His jaw tightened "Yeah, it is"

"Daeet it That’s the probleht out of the room with it "I won’t be a part of this I mean it, Katy You chose this, then…whatever I won’t have this hanging overday with Dawson I won’t make another mistake and condone this"

I sucked in a sharp breath My chest ached at the thought of hi to him "Daemon--"

"What will it be, Katy?" He looked at me dead-on "Tell me now"

"I don’t knohat to tell you," I whispered, tears burning iveout like Bethany and Dawson, of being able to take care of myself and protect him, because one day, he’d need it

Daeh I’d hit hi to say" His face turned hard, his eyes like glaciers The coldness radiating from him chilled me to the bone He’d never looked more detached "I’m done"

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