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And the last thing that kept reverberating inside my head before I disconnected the call so I could have a proper h said

“He’s co for you, Evelyn, and these et their mate”

Noas at the stage where I was freaking out, feeling like I had been dropped into some kind of crazy book or movie Maybe this was all a simulation, a slice of the Matrix

“And now I’h”

I reh at the time I hadn’t knohat I meant or why I even said it Hell, I didn’t even knohere I was going to go But I knew I had to get out of here, out of the city, far enough ahere I could clear s out I didn't know if Cian really was co to stick around and find out He’d lose interest when he saasn’t around He couldn't search for me for the rest of his life

Right?

Feeling the strength and resolve fill orized all I had to do before I left the city I didn't knohere I’d go first, but I’d alanted to see the ood a place to start as any

I grabbedlined up

I needed to withdrawother than that would make me feel like a coward, and I refused to be labeled as one Self-preservation was not the saet supplies, food and water, and also rent a car I’d get all of that, come back here to pack some shit, make sure my apart the road

It was almost as if fate heard me, felt the ditch I was stuck in e I needed, that push I otherouldn’t have taken

I thought about Cian, a little flush starting to kindle in my body, a warmth I’d never felt before… until I'd seen him across the ocean in a pixelated video chat I closed ed in my throat My body suddenly felt like it was on fire, ht between hs

I breathed out and slowly openedthem, pissed that hein control, having my body betray me with this potent arousal for a man I didn’t even know It made me feel like my life wasn’t my own And I wouldn't have that