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A surprised giggle escaped me Seth…he could be funny, but I clamped , it would become that crazy kind, and then I wouldn’t be able to stop

Squeezingsoak in, butbathtub A bit of fear trickled into my blood like a small, icy stream I cut it off before I slipped into the kind of panic that left people rocking in the corner I had to be s I wanted was to end up dead "So, I can’t stay here and my life as I know it is virtually over"

"Or your life is finally starting," he suggested "You could look at it that way"

I wanted to lean back, but I was already pressed against the headboard There was nowhere to go "I need a shower," I blurted out

His brows knitted "You need to shower?"

"Yeah Yes I need to shower It helps clearout in an anxious rush "And I really need to get my head clear, because this is a lot So I need to shower Lots of stea to tell me no, but then he pulled back and pushed off the bed Suddenly feeling chilled, I watched him back away from the bed, but I could finally breathe with the space "There’s a Jacuzzi tub in there"

I hesitated for afroht for the bathrooht it would explode

"Joe"

Clenching my hands, I faced hih burst fro the fact that he really did have a nice laugh even if he wasn’t human Well, if I believed him, I wasn’t completely huaze back to his face "I…" He shook his head "Nothing I’ll be waiting Don’t take forever"

I stared as he turned to a bag resting on a large chair, and I hoped he had a daer than my dorm rooainst it

Closing my eyes, I listened to the absolute silence of the hotel roohost So hts Part ofme the truth, and that caused little darts of panic to shoot through ods Gods Apollyon Titans Even Pegasus All of it was real, and I was one of them? And all of this… It felt too real to not be

I opened e tub