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When I woke before dawn, I wasn’t lying on ht, Seth had shifted and I had shifted on top of hiether and ly comfy spot in the crook of his arm

And he had been ahen I woke up, because his hand… The hand that belonged to the ar on had been on ers had beenodd symbols that went beyond circles and squares--sy he’d been awake doing that, or why he hadn’t shovedthere, so for e to pullAll he’d done was look at ot ready to hit the road again

I got the shower first Not wanting to suck up ti my hair, I towel-dried it off the best I could, and then pulled it up in a loose knot Seth said nothing as he disappeared into the bathroom

I puttered around the room aimlessly It was too quiet and I was restless, full of unspent energy My gaze landed on the bathroom door when I heard the shower come on

He was totally naked in there

I rolledhiht I was attracted to hi I barely knew hi me, and for a buttload of other reasons

In the short period of time I’d been around him, I’d seen so many different sides of hio fro, to erously deceptive in a matter of minutes I’d never known anyone in my life like him, and I doubted many people, mortal or not-so-mortal, could claim to kno his head worked

And I really wasn’t in the frame of mind to start that monumental chore

So ether as I stood in the middle of the quiet room Whatever cal to slip It wasn’t like I hadn’t realized how et toto me

It had started when it crossed ht knot inthe exa back to Radford There would be no more exams in my future There would be no more classes or internships

Because I was a mythical creature