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Part 1 – Chapter 25
Afterward, I’m an emotional mess. I lie facedown on the sofa with my ass in the air, sobbing into the cushions, trembling all over, sweaty and spent. Aidan is bent over me, breathing raggedly. His hot forehead rests between my shoulder blades. “Oh, baby,” he whispers. “Don’t cry. It’s okay, sweetheart. It’s okay.” He presses the gentlest of kisses to my spine and slowly withdraws from my body. Then he drags the afghan off the back of the sofa and wraps me in it. He sits, pulls me…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 24
It’s Saturday. The rain has fallen steadily day and night this week, tapering to drizzle only to gather strength and pound the saturated ground once again. I sit in my office with Dante’s letter in my hands as I gaze out the window into the dreary afternoon. The Sound is a murky iron gray, its waters uneasy, whipped to white peaks by gusty winds. The house exhales an occasional wistful sigh, but otherwise is silent. It’s been that way since my talk with Fiona last Monday. Eerily silent, as if…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 23
Dear Kayla, I had this cat when I was a kid. Orange tabby, skinny thing, hated everybody. Except me. That cat loved me. I loved him, too, though I didn’t know it until he got hit by a car. Before that, I thought OJ was a menace. (That was his name, OJ. After orange juice. Not very creative, I know, but I was eight.) Once the cat died and he wasn’t around anymore, I realized how much I loved him. That stupid cat had been my best friend, but I only realized it in hindsight. Funny thing, isn’t…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 22
“Now listen carefully,” says Fiona, turning businesslike again. “I need to tell you something important.” “What is it?” “No matter what happens, don’t tell the ghost it’s dead. They have no idea they’re no longer living.” I’m convinced we’re both in a padded cell somewhere having this conversation. That’s really the only reasonable explanation. When I sit there staring at her in disbelief, she continues. “Ghosts are simply souls with a story to tell.…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 21
I stare at the coin with my heart palpitating and my mind recoiling as if it spotted a rattlesnake. After a while when I get up my nerve, I reach for it with a trembling hand. It feels abnormally cold in my fingers, as if it’s been stored in a freezer. But it hasn’t been in a freezer. It’s been where I left it, in a drawer in my office desk. And now it’s here. In my car. The car parked outside the bar that Aidan lives above. I glance around, but there’s no one in sight. The…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 20
Later, I lie beside him, my head resting on his chest, my leg thrown over his, my body boneless. I’m a bowl of jiggly Jell-O, quaking and spent. I’ve never felt so alive. Gazing up at the ceiling, Aidan murmurs, “Need to ask you a question. And I need you to be honest when you answer.” I wait silently. He didn’t give me permission to speak, and I’m still not really clear how and when all these rules of his apply, so I stay on the safe side and say nothing. His chest rises and falls…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 19
Afterward, we don’t speak. I don’t know if he’s feeling as emotionally raw as I am or if he simply has nothing to say, but he rolls off me and goes into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. The faucet runs. The toilet flushes. He reappears carrying a wet washcloth and a hand towel. He silently pushes me onto my back and wipes the washcloth gently between my legs as I lie there feeling as if all my bones have turned to liquid. He dries me off with the hand towel, then rises and flips…-
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Ch14. Reading and Writing
Creed Odessa continued to sleep; I lay in waiting. Her breaths came in steadily; her eyelashes twitched as her sleep's cycles shifted. Laying here for hours, feeling parts of my body go numb, was but little suffering I endured while holding her. My dragon lulled her back to sleep with the deep rumbling within my body every shift in movement. Odessa griped my vest tightly each time her body turned restless, the would rumbling began and she would sighed lulling her back to sleep. My rough fingers…-
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Ch13. Cuddles
Creed It had been three days since I had put Odessa in her own area of the cave for sleep. I imagined she spent many nights in front of other humans and vampires watching her every move. I prepared a room meant for storage, just extra furs, baskets, and dried meats to get me through the winter months. Odessa slept contently in my nest our first day back and gave me plenty of time to surprise her. As much as I wanted to keep her in my nest, this would be for the best for her. Eventually, I hope to get…-
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Ch12. Room
Odessa I screamed. I shouted rather loudly, causing Fluffy and Creed to look at me with uneasiness. Creed ran over to me, covered in blood spatter from the cute animal. I should have seen it coming; I mean, he clicked his tongue, and Fluffy went and caught dinner. My breathing was ragged, but I waved my hand in the air. "I'm fine, really; I wasn't expecting it." Part of me was, but I let it go. Creed looked back over to the animal; the head was lying in a bucket while the blood drained. I've…-
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