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I wanted to skip toa little behind, so I al across campus She looked windblown and rumpled, and her shirt was buttoned all cockeyed I stopped for a second and pointed it out to her while babbling about the newest development in my academic drama

She blushed, her fair skin turning pink as she straightened out her appearance Her green eyes glinted in humor

“I ran into Race and Bax when I got here for ood-bye properly”

She shoved her orange-ish-colored hair back and asked me if she looked presentable I told her she did, but I was stuck on her words

“Why were Race and Bax here?”

It could be any number of reasons, none of them very pleasant I was sure, but then I remembered that the TA hadn’t even been able to look at me In fact, he had seemed terrified to let his eyes even land on me, as if there would be horrible consequences if he did so

She lifted a shoulder and let it fall “It was one of those things Bax didn’t feel like sharing with me”

I had a sneaky suspicion that I ht know exactly what they’d been up to “That doesn’t bother you? It doesn’t s from you?”

She lifted both her copper-colored eyebrows and grinned at me “No If I asked him to tell me what he was up to, he would Most of the tierous life, but he leaves it in the Point when he comes home to me, and that’s where I want it to stay I trust him to keep himself safe I trust him to keep me safe, and that’s all that matters to me”

Wow, that was either highly evolved or very shortsighted She continued in a steady tone

“The saoes for my brother” I flinched a little at that because she was looking at eous, golden sibling “These guys will take everything you have, Brysen, but in return, they will give you everything they’ve got to replace it That’s a huge co to let them and that life fill you up”

I blew out a breath that sentup around my face “I don’t know that I’, let alone offering a guy like Race everything His world terrifies me My dad owes him a lot of money, Dovie”