“I already don’t use my powers. If I had to, I’d give away all of my money to fit-”
“That’s nuts. You don’t have to do that. Nothing can break us up. Not money. Not magic. Not even deadly brains.” He took a deep breath and let it out with a chuckle. “And I’d stalk you if you ever left me, so don’t even try.”
“You’re such a creep.”
We laughed, and I burrowed deeper into his nook.
“I’m kidding about the stalking. But I know we won’t ever break up. I think you’re my soul mate. I’d bet I would’ve found you eventually, even without Sophia’s help. I always wanted to go to New Haven.”
“What? You’ve never told me that.”
“Yeah. It sounded like a peaceful place. I bet that’s why your parents left you there. New Haven . Has a safe ring to it.”
I smiled and added that to the list of things to thank my parents for at the séance. I might have died in any other town during that time – the darkest year of the war against humans. After searching the Internet, we’d learned that New Haven had a fourth of the deaths as most places. It couldn’t have been a coincidence that she’d left me there.
“Or I would’ve roamed in an orange field and found you, the creep who thought she could live in one, sleeping under a tree.” I pinched his arm, and he laughed. “Seriously, I would’ve stayed there with you. Doesn’t matter the place or circumstance, I think we would always be together.” I wanted to do too many things at once – kiss him, undress him, cry. I loved the thought of us being soul mates. He sniffed the air and hummed. “I … sort of like whatever you’re feeling. Sort of love it, actually.”
I threw one leg over both of his. He closed his eyes and smiled. I gradually pulled it back when I thought about CC and the talk we needed to have.
“You wouldn’t believe the things I saw today, Chris.” His handsome face sank, serious now. “Those people were starving, even before the attack. The shifters can’t work, the witches and wizards do as best they can, and the assistance they are supposed to get from the agents never comes.” He shook his head and sighed. “And there were so many kids. My boss put me in charge of them. I don’t know why, but he did. Even though it was my first day.”
“I know why. You’re great with kids.” I remembered how he’d treated little Kelsey in Kamon’s prison. He was kind and gentle. I wasn’t sure if it was because of the friendly dog in him or the goofy boy who still watched cartoons every day.
“When I grow up, which, incidentally, is in two hours…” He chuckled. “I want to be as giving as my boss. Devin is awesome. He gives every penny he has and every second of his time. I want to help people like he does.” I brought his hand to my lips and kissed the back of it, touched by how caring he was. “What will you be when you grow up?”
I hunched my shoulders. I’d never planned my future. Before Sophia came, my only goal was to stay alive. Then I wanted to be with Nathan, like that was a career or something.
“What about … an artist?” he said, throwing out options to help.
“That would be nice, but it’s selfish compared to your goal.”
He gently grabbed my jaw and pulled my face to his. “You’re not selfish. Frivolous, maybe, but not selfish.” He chuckled. “But seriously, babe, even if you were selfish, you would deserve to be. You’re waiting for a man I should’ve sank my teeth into in that chapel to give up on capturing you … to possibly breed you. You have money, but your life is far from easy.”
Nate went on about how he wished he would have killed Kamon that night, instead of writhing in pain from his broken spine. I tuned out his heroic delusions as Kamon’s hypnotizing eyes flashed in my mind.
I’d thought I hated Sienna Martin. That was nothing, a childish grudge. I used to hate Remi until my heart started bleeding for her. That was nothing too. Hate was
“That’s nuts. You don’t have to do that. Nothing can break us up. Not money. Not magic. Not even deadly brains.” He took a deep breath and let it out with a chuckle. “And I’d stalk you if you ever left me, so don’t even try.”
“You’re such a creep.”
We laughed, and I burrowed deeper into his nook.
“I’m kidding about the stalking. But I know we won’t ever break up. I think you’re my soul mate. I’d bet I would’ve found you eventually, even without Sophia’s help. I always wanted to go to New Haven.”
“What? You’ve never told me that.”
“Yeah. It sounded like a peaceful place. I bet that’s why your parents left you there. New Haven . Has a safe ring to it.”
I smiled and added that to the list of things to thank my parents for at the séance. I might have died in any other town during that time – the darkest year of the war against humans. After searching the Internet, we’d learned that New Haven had a fourth of the deaths as most places. It couldn’t have been a coincidence that she’d left me there.
“Or I would’ve roamed in an orange field and found you, the creep who thought she could live in one, sleeping under a tree.” I pinched his arm, and he laughed. “Seriously, I would’ve stayed there with you. Doesn’t matter the place or circumstance, I think we would always be together.” I wanted to do too many things at once – kiss him, undress him, cry. I loved the thought of us being soul mates. He sniffed the air and hummed. “I … sort of like whatever you’re feeling. Sort of love it, actually.”
I threw one leg over both of his. He closed his eyes and smiled. I gradually pulled it back when I thought about CC and the talk we needed to have.
“You wouldn’t believe the things I saw today, Chris.” His handsome face sank, serious now. “Those people were starving, even before the attack. The shifters can’t work, the witches and wizards do as best they can, and the assistance they are supposed to get from the agents never comes.” He shook his head and sighed. “And there were so many kids. My boss put me in charge of them. I don’t know why, but he did. Even though it was my first day.”
“I know why. You’re great with kids.” I remembered how he’d treated little Kelsey in Kamon’s prison. He was kind and gentle. I wasn’t sure if it was because of the friendly dog in him or the goofy boy who still watched cartoons every day.
“When I grow up, which, incidentally, is in two hours…” He chuckled. “I want to be as giving as my boss. Devin is awesome. He gives every penny he has and every second of his time. I want to help people like he does.” I brought his hand to my lips and kissed the back of it, touched by how caring he was. “What will you be when you grow up?”
I hunched my shoulders. I’d never planned my future. Before Sophia came, my only goal was to stay alive. Then I wanted to be with Nathan, like that was a career or something.
“What about … an artist?” he said, throwing out options to help.
“That would be nice, but it’s selfish compared to your goal.”
He gently grabbed my jaw and pulled my face to his. “You’re not selfish. Frivolous, maybe, but not selfish.” He chuckled. “But seriously, babe, even if you were selfish, you would deserve to be. You’re waiting for a man I should’ve sank my teeth into in that chapel to give up on capturing you … to possibly breed you. You have money, but your life is far from easy.”
Nate went on about how he wished he would have killed Kamon that night, instead of writhing in pain from his broken spine. I tuned out his heroic delusions as Kamon’s hypnotizing eyes flashed in my mind.
I’d thought I hated Sienna Martin. That was nothing, a childish grudge. I used to hate Remi until my heart started bleeding for her. That was nothing too. Hate was
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