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Riley frowned but nodded "Yes, ht I told you not to call"And Mary Ann needs to stay"
"No" Green eyes narrowed on hiument? Now? For once, he would have preferred the reverence "Actually, Mary Ann stays That’s an order"
Her dark head peeked fro o there Tho what next to do?
There was a pause, heavy and tension-filled Finally, Riley growled, "Yes My king All shall be as you order"
Aden pressed his lips together to stop his retort He was getting what he wanted; he could let the sarcasm slide
"Aden?" Victoria said, and he could hear the question--why are you doing this?--in her musical voice Worse, he could hear the hurt
He suddenly hated hih hurt lately, and he didn’t like adding to the mix
Don’t be so harsh with her, Aden, Caleb scolded hiood time Yeah That’s all Aden wanted to show her, too Always She’d spent her life obeying one rule after another, sheltered, not really allowed to laugh, yet here he was, pushing her aithout explanation
Moment they were safe, he’d tell her why And then he’d tease her until she laughed He’d only heard her laugh once, and still dreaain
Please don’t tell ot work to do
Yeah Sexy work
You are such a pervert
Boys Elijah sighed Is arguing necessary? Now?
Looked like Elijah had taken over the role of one
"Aden," Victoria repeated, drawing hiround his teeth, irritated with hier "Callto explain while Thomas could hear
"I’ll do rabbed Riley’s hand before the wolf could protest "My fa you can ignore"
With that, the tere gone
A second later, Thomas vanished, as well A second after that, the souls inside of Aden gasped, as they always did when Mary Anninto the black hole they’d once told him about
They despised that black hole, but they didn’t complain They loved Aden They wanted him happy, and they knew these private o, he thought, guilty again
Aden sank to the ground, his back sliding against the wall Yeah, he was going to have to set theht want to keep theure out exactly who they had been as hu them bound to the earth To hiiven her what her huhter--she had disappeared in a snap
SoFirst up, it see Victoria’s family The sisters he’d already seen in that vision Laurel and…no, that wasn’t right He wracked his brain Their naan
"Yeah He’s gone" But most likely, Thomas would return the moment Mary Ann left the ranch What would Aden do then? He couldn’t keep her here all day and all night
"Good Now don’t take this the wrong way, okay?" She walked to the bed and threw herself on theup and down "But you really need a shower"
He glanced down at hi in his cheeks Streaks of blood decorated his chest, and sweat had dried his boxers to his skin "The bathroom is down the hall Will you stay here? I’ll hurry"
"I’ll stay," she said with an i"
As weak as he was, he had to use the wall to unfold froh the closet for clothes, he fought wave after wave of dizziness Finally, though, he was in the bathroo into any of the other boys, hot water strea him inside and out
His first private shower, he mused He wondered how far Mary Ann’s ability stretched--and he wished he could enjoy the solitude more Yeah, really enjoy it Instead, he had to hurry as promised