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"Here we are," I said softly, nodding my head toward the maze

"Yes," he said, his eyes flickering away from the maze and back to me "Here we are"

He ainstme peace, little witch, and you put a fire in ainst his mouth

"But do you trustbeat of his heart beneath

"Trust you?" A crease formed between his dark brows

I ducked under his arm and he spun to face me "Come find me, Grayson," I said and I ran into the maze

"Kira," he called, a low edge to his voice, "what are you up to now?"

"Helping you let go of so another I heard Grayson behindslowly as I ran "If you can find me, I'm yours"

"Kira," he said, and despite the distance, I heard the warning tone, "I know thisfrom me here"

Ah yes, but I knew that

A thrill went down on?" I called "We'll see I'" I was already hopelessly lost, si a small thread of fear and sy alone in here all those years ago, but also the tingle of excitee that he'd find me The shrubbery was tall and untended, and as I ran by, holding the hoops ofdress trailing on the ground behind rab low of the house beyond, cast the only light

He didn't say another word, but I heard hih the weeds and fallen branches, straight toward me as if he'd knohere I would run I turned one more corner and there in what seemed the middle of thea stone bench, I sat down and waited for Grayson to find me

The distant strains of music and voices from the party took a backseat in my mind as I listened intently for his footsteps,

"Where are you, little witch?" he asked, much closer now But it didn't sound as if there was question in his voice Yes, he knew exactly where I was My heart rate increased

He turned the corner at the far end of where I sat, and ht, I could see his gaze was trained on me I stood slowly and as he started to walk towardfor him to stop so I could come to hiht to race is to meet the other person where they are That, that is love He watched as I approached, his eyes dark and fathomless

As I drew nearer to hi Grayson in front of the bank that day, I had fallen in love, but only in soirlish way I had fallen in love with the idea of him But here, in the deep, dark of the htened and alone—I reached out my hand, and I fell in love with the man I fell in love with my husband