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I glance over my shoulder at Alex and raiseen’s good for her or so… but yeah, still kind of creepy" He nods his head to ht "Everyone’s in the kitchen"

I turn and spot Laylen sitting at the kitchen table Strands of his blond, blue-tipped hair hang in his bright blue eyes, tattoos curve across his ars for the Mark of Is are stretched out to the side of him as he sits sideways in the chair Aislin is next to hi a white floral dress, opening and closing her hand causing her skin to s a spell The other person at the table is also in a floral dress; a green one Her blond hair reminds loves cover her hands and her lips are glossy I’ve seen this girl before, not just in a photo back at Laylen’s house, but in a vision… orAislin’s spell book

"Shit"

"What’s wrong?" Alex asks, his breath tickling the back of my neck--I hadn’t realized he was so close

I turn and our lips are only a sliver of space away "I’ve seen that girl before," I whisper

His brow curves upward "Stasha?"

I nod "In a vision… orAislin’s spell book"

Alex doesn’t seem as surprised as I am He simply says, "I’ll take care of it" Then he winds around me and heads for the kitchen table

I turn around and discover Stasha has focused her attentionokay?" she asks Alex as he strolls up to her

"We need to talk," he says, then gestures for her to follow him as he walks toward a door on the far back wall I don’t knohere the door leads to, but what I do know is I feel so jealous when the two of thenite into fla else besides this jealous feeling festering inside , sucking on it sexily as he draws it between his teeth and watching hireat distraction

He catchesa word, he rises fro strides, catchingroo Aislin alone in the kitchen to practice her ic

We stand face to face between the sofas and I’m so relieved to see hi?" I finally ask

"I don’t know Okay, I guess"

"You hadlad that I’m worried about him, but maybe it’s because he hardly has anyone in his life "I’m sorry I just freaked out when your estures at hi to being a vah… I didn’t bite anyone… I wanted to… so fking badly" He chews on his botto at the spot ondrea your blood and I swear I could taste it… it waseasier to control?"

"It was… but then soed inside me… and it felt like I went back to the place that I started if that makes any sense"

I have to wonder if oing to be okay," I say, repeating h I’ets to be too ether" I look directly hiain That no , you’ll co, breathing in my sent as he puts his lips up to my neck and presses a kiss there "I’ about you the way that I do"

My veins are filled with liquid fire beneath s sinking into oing to be okay"

But I’m not sure if it is

About ten e fro pissed Alex strides over to the kitchen table and drops a thick, leather book right in front of Aislin

"Found your spell book," Alex says, shaking his head in annoyance as he narrows his eyes at Stasha "Apparently so around," Stasha retorts, crossing her arht there when you saw s the book to her chest

"Yes, you were," Stasha insists, stepping toward hier at me, "Was possessed by the devil hiht--"

"It’s tiot a lot of shit to take care of"

I want to ask hi with the fact that Stasha is can remember a point in time that technically never occurred And also why she stole the spell book for Stephan, which would ry that I decide just to go with the flow until we get out of Stasha’s house

When Aislin and Alex join us in the living rooh Aislin is a worried taking four people But she said she’d try, I think just to get us the hell out of there

She has a black candle lit as she sits on the floor with a crystal in her hand I go to take ic back on her, when I realize it is

"Wait, where’s