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If she was near water, she was to ju in water They could do it, but it wasn’t their preference And if she was lucky, they would give up and er for readier prey

By the end, she eaty, dirty and yeah, bleeding, not to rateful for the darkened sky The boys hadn’t scratched her, per Riley’s orders, but the rocks and bark had A few times, from the corner of her eye, she’d seen Riley stalk toward her, but then he would catch hi

Maxwell and Nathan, at least, were just as sweaty and dirty as she was

"Good job, human" Maxwell patted her on the shoulder, and she pitched forward Laughing, Maxwell caught her and helped her straighten "I expected you to beg for mercy after fivebehind the her alone with Riley Howls soon erupted

"Meet us in town," Riley called "One hour"

More howls

Agreement?

"Come on," Riley said to her now "Tiether, they raced to the car he had stashed at the edge of the forest and slipped inside Soon her heart was pounding in tune to the car’s revving engine Fro so close to her now-ex Don’t cry

"Do your brothers know about h she knew the answer

"No, and on’t tell the’s different about ht to a witch? Ihis head "Believethe witch If we find one So no worries Right noe’re going to the vae first," she said, very conscious of how she ain"

"At theafter To hunt, reo alone Believe ize for that Her intentions were too pure

"Anyway," he said, not quite so gruo home"

True Her dad was there, and he’d ask questions she wasn’t prepared to answer and think things she didn’t want hi? Where have you been? Soet the police involved No, thanks

"So why are we going to the et some of her blood inside you"

What? "Oh, no No, no, no I’ anyone’s blood" She shook her head for ethen you, heal your injuries"

In her seat, she swayed back and forth with the bump, buh her eyes, and I have enough probleh my own"

"That’ll only last a few hours"

"Don’t care I’htened on the wheel Had she not been watching hi reaction "Yeah, but it just ht slon your new ability"

Thanks for the reminder "Are you sure about that? Because maybe it’ll speed the abilities up like the spell did Not that you’re one hundred percent certain I’ed the back of his neck "Fine" He rass and onto a nearby dirt road, then turned around and headed in the opposite direction "No blood"

"Thank you"

"Save your thanks I know you want to break up with estions, but you have to--"

"Wait Want? No Not even close" She wouldn’t have hi "I just don’t want to hurt you, Riley"

"And I don’t want to hurt you" He reached over and clasped her hand, their fingers intertwining His skin ar We have two days Two days before the death curse takes effect, and I don’t want to spend those days fighting with you"

Oh, God She’d never thought of things that way Two days, yeah, she’d realized--and hated--that, but how she would spend those days? Enjoying them or lost to misery? No Not even a blip

"I don’t either," she adht her hand to his lips and pressed a kiss into her pulse, hot, soft, his tongue even flicking out for a quick taste Goose bumps spread "Good, because I want to be with you while we face this After that, you can break up with me if that’s what you still want Just don’t expect ht"