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I prefer girls with dark hair, Julian said

Not now, guys, he wanted to shout He needed to concentrate, to keep his emotions at bay

"Aden?" Brendal prompted "My brother would not have left without first contacting his people, without first contactinghappened to hiain Where is he?"

He wanted to tell her The truth was there, welling up in his throat, threatening to spill over All he had to do was open his uilt would leave hihts? On souilt…But on another level, they seen They were softer, al in his head

"Tell me," she said softly Her eyes, so deep a broere hypnotic, swirling, and then, oddly, different colors began flickering You could get lost in those eyes

They were very much like Victoria’s, only darker

Victoria

Aden snapped back from whatever spell the fairy had cast, only to realize he’d hopped off the fence, closed the distance between the on Brendal’s shoulders, his hands fisted in her hair

Oh, hell, no Had he been about to kiss her?

Scowling, he dropped his arms to his sides and stepped back Brendal frowned "Listen, I don’t knohere your brother is He was here, and then he was gone"

"You lie," she replied, and yet again, there was no eerous

"Aden," a male voice suddenly called Dan "It’s time to hit the books Ms Brendal, I know you understand how i to speak with us, and we’ll see you in thethe fairy away

Brendal stared at Aden for several"We shall speak again, Aden That, I promise you"

ADEN PACKED A BAG while Victoria and Stephanie--the vampire who’d been beside her at the --convinced the boys, as well as Dan and Meg, that he was here, he was sleeping and they’d see hi to wave hi the rest of the night at the vampire mansion

When the sisters returned to hi in hand, the souls chattering happily about this latest turn of events

"Never thought I’d see the day Victoria broke the rules," Stephanie said with a laugh "A reason to celebrate For real"

"What rule?" Aden asked, holding out his free hand

Victoria twined their fingers As always, her skin was hot, a brand, and the warh him

"I’m not supposed to be around you while you date the others, so you’ll have to reain "Which hy I was so surprised when she brought me here as backup in case the fairy flipped her lid But better me than Lauren, huh? She would have attacked first and asked questions later" A pause "I’ht, so I’ll just ry, and I hear there’s a party in town"

"Cool," Victoria replied, the hu weird when spoken in her solemn, formal voice

"See ya!" Stephanie vanished

Aden peered down at Victoria "Won’t the va in the mansion set her into trouble

"There are other humans there, so your scent will blend with theirs As for the pull, I don’t know Riley and Mary Ann are there, so perhaps she’lleffect? "Worth a shot," he said He’d been to the mansion twice, but he’d never been inside Victoria’s rooot into trouble, well, he was the king and he’d just--

Wait He was the king That’s what he’d just thought Without reservation or doubt

But he was still deterht?

"Ready?" Victoria asked, releasing his hand to wrap her arht God, she felt good "Ready"

She licked her lips, gaze falling to the pulse ha in his neck "First…a kiss? That’s what I came here for Earlier, I mean To kiss you"