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Kingston shrugged “All right, man We’ll talk to you tomorrow Or whenever”

Dru hung up, and I tuckedat the men around me

Ugh It’s gonna be a long twenty-four hours

Chapter Seventeen

Patience had never been one ofturned into a supernatural being hadn’t changed that

As Hannah slept peacefully in her bed on her side of the roo after the blazing sun had gone down outside the cave

Dru had told us to call back in twenty-four hours, but he ht as well have told us to call him in twenty-four years, as far as I was concerned I was certain that by the ti white beard, Rip Van Winkle-style

Huh

I entertained htly to giveelse stayed the sa my dark chocolate hair, and I wound strands ofa black and white twist

A soft knock at the door made me jump, and ed to call us back? Had he gotten in touch already? Or was so?

I threw the covers back and leapt out of bed, darting quietly to the door on bare feet and yanking it open

Jayce stood on the other side, his hand still raised When he caught sight of me, he made a little choked noise in his throat, and his eyebrows flew up to his hairline Then he doubled over, laughing as quietly as he could—which wasn’t very quiet at all

Not wanting him to wake Hannah, I stepped out into the hall and shut the door just as he drew hiht blue eyes

“Uh… nice beard you’ve got there” He chortled again “Trying out a new look?”

Oh, fuck