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He chuckled “Anger does not beco away My eyes narrowed to slits and burned holes into the back of his skull

“This way, Kylie, the Coven has already set up a latrine,” said Diana leading me into the woods and to the left

Oh, dear, I thought, rollingsky

Diana directed me to the latrine and the disappeared I knew she could still hear me but couldn’t see me

I squatted and peed as quickly as I could Unfortunately, I had started my period That was my luck Have your period in theits arrival and had a tampon in my pocket

Let me tell you, it’s extremely difficult to insert a tampon when you’re in the woods, in the dark, with a bunch of creepy ani, and your knees want to give out But I did it

I started walking in the direction we had coone three steps She walked me back to the camp We were silent

She led me to the tent that was to be Jonathon’s and mine

Jonathon hadhe had hoped to There was an airon one side and a purple one on the other There were two pillows and a big down coave the tent a homey coziness Jonathon was stretched out across the navy sleeping bag; he had already reht

I zipped the tent closed behind me The lamp made his pale skin appear darker I flopped onto the purple sleeping bag, never the graceful one His arranite skin was a couple degrees warmer than it had been earlier

“You ate,” I said, noticing his war consistently darker but now they were back to their warray color I had noticed that since we’d been on the road he had been having to eat uess it did “How did you e to do all of this and still eat in the time it took me to pee?”

“I’m a vampire,” he said si

He held me close I nuzzled my face into his neck and had the oddest sensation: to bite

A startled breath escaped my lips as I pulled away from him, if he hadn’t let rip

I et from him