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I hated running

However, I did not hate the view in front of ray theraze dropped to his butt, and I almost tripped I could seriously stare at his body all day It was a work of art

But my attraction to Seth ran deeper than the physical He was still that puzzle I’d only barely begun to arrange Like I’d gotten all the outer pieces with the straight sides lined up, but the ether Those moments when he was unbelievably kind, or when he was patient during training, or when he stayed with uard co nature that I kneas at the heart of hiet inside his head Maybe that was soy left in me Maybe it was just Seth I didn’t know

It had been two days since I’d seen Apollo and had a minor mental breakdown, and two days since we kissed There hadn’t been any hts He stayed, and I guessed that was progress--frustrating progress

I had gotten soht I knew that, but I also knew there was so much more than what he’d shared with me And I couldn’t help but think back to what Erin had said, to how Deacon and Luke behaved around Seth

There wasunfurled deep insideto, I slowed down, and then I just stopped in thethrough the statues and olive trees

My gaze crawled up the long, wide set ofdoors

"Hey" Seth had circled back tothe wind "You okay?"

I nodded "Yeah, it’s…" Shaking ht caressed his high cheekbones as his brows knitted "What?"

Glancing back up at the library, I shrugged "It’s just… Every tio inside"

"That’s weird"

I laughed as I pressed ether "I know"

"You haven’t checked it out with the guys?" Seth grabbed ers are like ice cubes"

My gaze drifted from the library to him His head was bowed, and shorter strands of his hair had slipped free, brushing his cheeks, as he rubbed his hands overto do that I didn’t want to respond at first "No," I said quietly "Neither of the guys is keen on the whole library thing"

"Neither a on my hands