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"Hello?" I said to the girl, hoping my voice would wake her up I knew not to touch her because she could have internal injuries, but I wanted to be sure she was okay The girl didn’t answer, so I checked under the car toIt was a pointless action though, with the a, a fire was unlikely

I walked over to the drunken ain and told him to sit He looked down like he’d just noticed I was there He stuht his arm and helped him sit on the pavement

"What’s your name?" I asked

"Dan Collins" He spoke his na was a chore I scanned the surrounding area andon me I turned my back towards Dan and conjured two uinning to shiver

"Here," I handed the man an umbrella and then opened h drunk as a skunk, worried awareness shone in his glazed eyes He’d be charged with a DUI at the very least and vehicular irl died

Footsteps approached behind us I turned and saw a tallblack hair that hit just above his shoulders and was as dry as the desert I blinked a few ti tricks on ainst ainst his legs and a black V-neck sweater that hugged his broad chest

"Hey, don’t touch her!" I yelled as the irl He turned his head towards me, and I froze in ray like an angry thunderstorm brewed deep within hi like hiirl’s shoulder A rush of cold air whipped all around the car and penetrated ainst the icy coldness "What--who--are you?" I stuttered throughteeth The ure of the young girl float out of the car, I knehat the ansas Myopen, and I stared wide eyed at the spirit as staring down at her dead body

"You’re a reaper, aren’t you?" Iof sirens host were gone The drunken man didn’t seem to notice what had just happened

Parairl and the drunken ave them all the information I had, which wasn’t much, and then called Aiden for a ride Within ten side the road in a black escalade

"What happened? Are you hurt?" He threw the questions atwet frame I absorbed what little heat he provided

"I’ainst his chest Aiden guided me to the SUV, and I happily climbed out of the rain The ambulances took off with the irl out of the car and onto a stretcher with a black body bag My heart sank when they laid her atop the bag and began shuffling her ars into it I hated death, no

"How did you end up standing on the side of the road?" Aiden asked as he cranked the heat to full blast The contrast of the warto call the police, so I jumped out and called theht," I told Aiden Out of nored him Aiden was really protective of

"Look, I’ it would’ve taken the police to get here if I hadn’t called them"

"Why didn’t you call them from the cab? Why did you have to stay, in the middle of a thunderstore of anxiousness colored his tone

I let out a heavy breath "I don’t know" It was the truth It had been stupid to jump out of h, I had o back to your hotel, please?"