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I didn’t tell hih, how this closeness, made me want to sink my teeth into his neck and then let him drink my blood I didn’t want him to stop

“I’ll never let anything happen to you,” he said, still straddlingthe promise seem funny; he looked more like he wanted to eat me

“I know,” I sighed and wished desperately that I believed my answer

Chapter Six: The Coven

Time passed quickly I was surprised by the date May thirtieth I guess when your life could be ended at anyby in a constant flow When your life could end tomorrow every moment was precious I treasured every one on those brief occasions when he had to hunt I still wouldn’t set foot into what had become my room at the Pulmer’s All of my stuff, as Jonathon and I liked to call it, had beenover his room like I had but he didn’t seem to mind In fact, he seemed to enjoy it I knew he hated to see my facial expression anytime Selena was mentioned I knew he blamed himself for the fact that she wasn’t dead I also knew that he knew that I did not blame him for that fact But it made him feel like a failure He felt as if he hadn’t saved me after all But that wasn’t true If he had cohout my body and killed me So, in essence he had saved me He just hadn’t killed her She had fooled hi and ruthless Where we had nu to lose and we had everything to lose The thought of losing any part ofturn to harsh gasps

Graduation was fast approaching And with that I kneould be leaving soon The whole fa for the departure Patrick had alerted The Coven and had anotherwith them soon He had also spoken to soht I didn’t understand why everyone illing to risk their life I wished with all my heart that Selena would perish on her own But she was on a mission A mission to end my life And she wouldn’t be satisfied until I was dead Most people would be coher numbers More people, or vaht? But tokilled Killed to save so to savesaved I had been broken so many times it was a miracle I was still in one piece Why so as insignificant as

The Pulmer’s house was turned upside down in the preparation of leaving You would think I would feel relieved to be leaving To leave the place where Selena had left so many of her little notes But instead I felt i to have to leave the only place that felt like home to me anymore I could see more andcloser to our departure date But I couldn’t help but feel like ere running right into danger My gut toldexactly as Selena wanted I hoped desperately that

I put h I felt Jonathon’s hand reach out and he began to stroke e of his bed

“Everything will be okay I willinto worry about” I turnedon the bed

“I have everything to worry about,” I saidDid he not understand how broken I would feel if anyone died protecting me?

“You don’t need to worry Everything will be okay, I pro coolness in his arms

“You can’t pro

“Kylie Elizabeth Lyons! I will die tohappen to you You arehappen to you if it’s the last thing I do,” he said his brow furrowing in anger

“Jonathon! Why do you do this to me? Why? Do you have any idea what it does to me when you say stuff like that? Do you?” I asked ot

Trying to lighten the now dark rin, “Does it turn you on?” I resisted the urge to laugh I returned quickly to the serious matter at hand