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He gavehis eyebrows "How do you think?"
I pick up a pillow off h I wouldn’t really h
He catches the pillow effortlessly "I’ We just checked the obvious places--the arms, the ankles, your shoulders If ouldn’t have been able to find it, ould have waited for you to wake up and let you check the rest of your body"
I touch the mark on my shoulder "God, I can’t believe I’m a Keeper… I didn’t even think it could happen toan eyebrow aton back at the castle?"
"I assu up a CD fro it around in s "It’s weird, but as soon as you got yourto me"
"So you don’t crave blood anyot theup "And yours still s as it was"
"Is it normal for you not to crave a Keepers blood as much?"
He nods "Yeah, it’s one of their many defense mechanisms"
I set the CD case down "So you’re happy I’m one then?"
His happiness diminishes "I never said that" He scratches the back of his neck "Honestly, I was kind of hoping it’d skip over you But not because I don’t like you now… I just really liked you before and soes people"
"I still feel like the saain, nudging my foot with his "I’ Gemma I first met"
"I hope so" And I really do, but I can’t help but think of Stephan and wonder what he was like before he got his Keeperon for the last few days while I was out?" I ask, changing the subject
"Not much" He tucks his hands into the pockets of his jeans as he sits down on the edge of my bed "In fact, it’s been pretty quiet"
"What about ?"
He hesitates, plucking a loose string on one of the throw pillows "Everyone thought it would be best, including her, if we locked her up until we can figure out what to do with her We don’t want her sneaking off and doing so like what she just did"
"It wasn’t her fault It’s the mark’s fault She can’t help what she does Trust me, I knohat it feels like" I touch the spot on h I erased the vision, I can still feel what I felt like while I was possessed"
Laylen sets the pillow aside "I know it’s not her fault, but we have to be careful And Aislin’s trying to figure out a spell to re the internet like crazy for the last few days, but no luck yet The probleo to for infor into a witch store and ask how to remove the Mark of Malefiscus Aislin also went pretty spell crazy; she put like a ton of spells all over the house, trying to keep us protected frons that Marco and Sophia have been here in a while Theup Aislin tried to do a Tracker Spell and either they have a protection char up anywhere"
"Died?" I’hs and co "I’m not sure, I think so, but…" The prickle is erratic on the back ofbecause I just feel nu with them, but practically invisible The emotional bond never for?" He puts a finger underat hiain," I say, glancing around the bare roo about this roorew up in"
He takes in the bareness of my room "Maybe that’s because this roo here you weren’t really you" He gives o downstairs On our way down, he tellsand that Alex and Aislin see to her okay
"What about marks?" I ask "Does she have any on her?"
"You mean, the Mark of Malefiscus?" he checks
I nod "Stephan said he’d been putting it on everyone who didn’t have pure blood" I biteif Aislin, Alex, and even Laylen have one
"Aislin came up with a spell for that too" He takes my hand in his "Co roo at a computer screen that’s on the coffee table in front of her Alex is on the sofa, watching TV with his feet kicked up and a glass in his hand that’s filled with a golden liquid, probably tequila or so si appears so ordinary and it feels so unnatural
But then I notice Aislin is searching the web fora sword and everything feels right in the world again
"Oh, thank God," Aislin says, relaxing when she sees uys always think that," I say, letting go of Laylen’s hand when I notice her gaze drifting to it "Yet I always do" There’s a lightness in my tone, one I’ve never heard before
Aislin clicks the cooodwhat Laylen and I were up to before we ca adrenaline fros, across my midsection and chest, and ultimately land on my eyes