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“What!” he laughed

“You are a mess!” I squealed

“I know,” he grinned

We walked back to the ca so hard It was nice to have a friend like Isaac even if it did complicate my life

Chapter Thirteen: A taste of the Forbidden Fruit

Several weeks went by and Selena never showed up Everyone was relaxing and settling into a daily pace Everything was normal or at least to everyone else it was but I knew the storht now, but she was a killer, and she knew that if she backed off her prey would get comfortable and therefore vulnerable But I waswith me every day for the past three weeks I was ahard withfir sessions with Isaac and instead I looked forward to theot a hold ofto spend one on one ti time with Isaac but I didn’t want to stop either But I knew that every day I spent with Isaac er

The end of June was already here and at each passing day the weight onwould be soon While the othersmore uncomfortable by the day

I slept lightly, with a sword, which Isaac gave me, clutched to my chest

The first night that I cao to sleep with it clutched tomy face he had quickly ceased his banter and hadn’t said anything about it since

And as each day passed I becameeating at me but he also knew better than to ask After all it’s kind of hard to say, “hey, I have this ‘feeling’ that we’re walking into a trap but ityou readily spit out Even if I said soood ith all these stubborn vampires and the Coven around To complicate matters I don’t think Aleksei believes a word that comes out of my mouth

As if responding to ently down my face

I looked up into the co silver eyes of Jonathon He cupped my chin in his hand and used his thumb to trace my lips

“What plagues your mind my principessa?” He asked, his eyes were soft

“Nothing,” I said

He chuckled “My love, you carry a part of my soul within you, I knohen you are upset and the wrinkle in your brow only appears when you’re thinking so his thumb to my brow as if to smooth out the crease that was there