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I considered sending an emotional flare up for them but decided to wait

Just one more minute I just need one more minute with my vamp

I proppedhim in His eyes were back to their human shape and color, and his teeth had receded He looked—I didn’t want to say happy, really, because I didn’t know if he was fully capable of happiness at this point—but he looked calm in a way I had never seen him before The taut wire of tension and misery inside him had dissolved

“Piper,” healmost like a prayer

Then he turned his head to kiss hed contentedly

Chapter Twenty-Three

“They definitely went this way”

“Piper! Can you hear me?”

I rousedasso long craving him, I didn’t want to miss a moment of this

“Over here,” I called

Kai sat up too and wrapped his ar like an idiot, I leaned into his eh the underbrush around us They were a little scraped up and carried a few bruises, but overall they looked okay A wave of relief washed over h our bond that none of the it with my own eyes made me feel better

“There you are! I orried” Jayce rushed over to where Kai and I sat on the ground He pulled e of the s and stared

“And you!” Jayce grabbed Kai’s head and looked into his eyes, bea “You’re you!”

“Yeah” Kai’s lips twitched with a suppressed grin

Jayce caught us both up in a big bear hug and squeezed, totally unbothered by our nakedness “Ugh, I’lad I don’t have to kill you!”