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“Hi,” I say politely to the new ladythe front desk “I’m Prue’s nener I just wanted to drop this off since they said she’d have to stay the night”

She takes the bear “I’ll ets this”

“Is she doing okay?” I ask

She nods “She’s sleeping, but doing fine You have nothing to worry about”

“Thanks” I tapback to the car I know it o I didn’t even know this dog, but I already care about her

I slide into the car and Thea sirl … this girl owns me Heart, body, and soul, I’m hers and she doesn’t even know it

“Home?” she asks

“Home,” I echo

I know she’s talking about a place, but I’ about her

I collapse into bed, exhausted I haven’t done much today so there’s no real explanation forat the fact that we have a dog now I couldn’t even keep my hamster alive when I was ten—poor Brownie, may he rest in peace—so I doubt I can doHopefully, Xander will be better at it than me

I roll onto h theand the bright stars beyond

When I was little, I was obsessed with stars I thought if I grew tall enough I could reach up and grab the for me to learn that the stars would always be unattainable Sos in life are only meant to be seen and not obtained because once you have soer as powerful to you

The door to the adjoining bathroom cracks open and Xander steps into , because right now I have Xander and he still holds just as much power over me as he did before

“Scoot over,” he whispers into the dark

I slide to the other side of the bed and he dives under the covers The bed bounces and I laugh softly as I roll closer to him and basically land on top of hiers to my cheek