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“I need to buy so I’ve lost

“Lev, do you knohere my clutch is?”

“Clutch?”

“The little purse I had at the offering” I point to ive him a clue

His forehead creases “I don’t think he’d like it if you called someone, Grace”

“I just need to run to the store Whatever store you all go to, I assurocery store?” I question, careful with h Thank God I need some sort of normalcy

“Good I need to get a few things You can keep ain” The thought h and shake it off There are things you can control and things you can’t I learned that a long ti I can’t have

“If you want to see soht?”

“No, I don’t know that” My words are tight as I whisper I don’t know nearly enough It feels like I’ I’rab onto or steady aze drifts to the door I already miss Devin

“The Authority likes to monitor interactions between species But he’d move the world for you You’d just have to keep it on the do, you know?” I let his words sink in, but then brush them off

“It’s fine, really,” I reassure theh “Who a to call anyway? Shadow Falls is a small town full of asshats” It’s still nice to think that Devin would piss off the Authority if I wanted to break their laws

I give hiht smile “I don’t need my phone; I doubt anyone will miss me anyway” Their eyes turn sad and they need to stop that “Knock it off The one person I give a shit about is here with er at them “And you better believe if she hadn’t been Doled her here” A s Devin to move heaven and earth to make that happen if she wasn’t here with me

Reaching back into the fridge, I settle on le from the top so, at most, only one set of lips has been on it