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"The prince" He remained where he was, balled his fists and raised the"
"He’s here?" Riley demanded
"Yes"
"But that’s impossible I mean really impossible I just buried hi drifting through Aden’s head, and he rubbed his face with a shaky hand Not happening This was so not happening
Buried hiain maneuvered Victoria behind hi to touch her No, not just touch her Kill her There was hate in the fairy’s eyes Only good neas Thoh Aden and Victoria, every try
Riley had already grabbed Mary Ann and pushed her against the wall, his body covering hers like a shield His predator’s gaze circled the bedroo to act
Buried him
Plausible, because Aden had taken a death-blow for hi The pain… He’d never experienced anything like it In fact, there wasn’t a word to describe it Excruciating was like a gentleto die
Whichopen, organ tearing, blood spilling The cold consu his bones to brittle ice No No, no, no He refused No one should have to endure that kind of death And twice? Not just no, but hell, no He’d think of so, to prevent it
Yeah, he’d tried to save people in the past, hoping to circumvent the deaths Elijah had shown him And yeah, they’d then died in other,h the heart He’d take anything else In a heartbeat Stupid pun intended
"Why can’t I touch her?" Thomas snarled
"Back off Or--" What kind of threat would scare a fairy? "Or you’ll regret it" Not the best, but all his foggy brain could co with sweat, the prince stilled "What did you do to me?"
Good question "Just leave her alone" Slowly, Aden s had better cooperate…yes! He re, arms splayed to block any new atteht occurred to hirave, Thoed Pay Grave Grave Oh…crap Had Aden earned hihost-slash-sidekick?
"Aden What’s going on?" Victoria demanded, as the prince shouted, "I can’t! I tried" She ht his demons for him "Tell me what to do, and it’s done"
"Victoria," he said He couldn’t stand the thought of her hurt And despite everything, this could be a trick What did Aden know about fairies and their afterlife? Thoht time to strike For real
"There’s no one here, Aden Just us The prince is dead Riley buried the body, like he told you Yet you see him still?"
"Yes But you can’t see hi out
So No one but Aden could see or hear Thomas, and Thomas couldn’t touch anyone Maybe this wasn’t a trick, then Besides, Thoh to die hiht time to strike He would have simply struck Aden should have considered that before
The prince really was a ghost
At least you didn’t suck him into your head, Julian offered helpfully
Dude, Caleb said Like that’s a silver lining
The souls had been quiet ever since he’d taken that knife to the chest Hearing the had happened, was both a relief and a curse They were alive and well, but he didn’t need the distraction right now
Thomas was here to haunt hi to revolt He’d encountered ghosts before Hell, the souls inside hihosts without bodies And yeah, he no Thomas couldn’t hurt Victoria, but that didn’t lessen his concern This ghost wasn’t si what Thomas would be able to do
"Leave," he said to Victoria He latched onto her arm and spun her around, then flattened his hand on her lower back and urged her forward, toward Riley
"Wh-what?" She was so shocked by his words and actions, he knew, she offered no resistance
"You have to leave" Not once did he reaze from Thomas Just in case
"I don’t understand"
"You, too, Riley Take Victoria and go" He wanted to explain, but didn’t want Thomas to hear that Mary Ann blocked supernatural abilities, just in case other fairies were able to see and hear him He didn’t want the fairies to know that she even blocked Aden’s That, when she was around, he didn’t hear voices That he didn’t see ghosts or wake the dead Except when Riley ith her Somehow, Riley ure out how Until then… "For God’s sake, go!"