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"Yes,repriainst her boyfriend and best friend I wondered what reason Ethan had for hating vampires but didn’t ask, it wasn’t any ofto worry about his

Blue smoke rose from the bowl and curled towards my body and around my limbs and torso The smoke dissolved into y and ic still buzzed underneath my skin like an electric current

"I don’t think it’s working," I told Ethan

"Give it a minute" His eyes rolled as he looked away

If Fiona hadn’t been sitting right next to me, I would have smacked higled at the thought, and both of thened in my amusement and picked a piece of fuzz off of ain After being hyper for so long, norish in comparison I frowned at the difference I y but at least now the spell would protect me from Ian--or at least I hoped it would I didn’t exactly trust Ethan, so I wasn’t confident I wouldn’t see Ian tonight

"How do you feel?" Fiona laid her hand on y buzz is gone"

"Don’t sound so excited about it," Fiona laughed

"It was just cool to have so y, I felt invincible"

Ethan cleaned up his et back to studying You co, Fiona?"

She stood and looked down at me "Give me a minute," she told Ethan

Without a word he turned and walked towards the door Fiona grabbed ht Her eyes were filled with apprehension and sympathy I knehat she’d say before the words ever left her mouth

"Gwen, are you sure you’re okay? I can stay with you if you want"

A s I would act the same way if Fiona had been violated As nore it and just move on with life, I appreciated her e I have to train with Dorian, so you can’t stay with ht" I laughed because I knew Fiona hated graveyards

Her eyebrows scrunched and the corner of her mouth went up in an uneasy smile "I think I’ll stay in here, but if you need me, just let me know; I’ll be in the ball room with Ethan and all the other soldiers"

I nodded an as I stood up Fiona waited forher as on my mind

"What?"

"You didn’t tell Ethan about what happened, did you?" It wasn’t that I didn’t trust her, I just needed to be certain I hoped she would understand that

"Nope, I just told hihosts wouldn’t let you sleep, so you needed a sleep protection spell He didn’t even question it" She s "Tell him thank you for me, will ya?"

She nodded before she turned and left to find Ethan There was a big change in my best friend since we cas other than herself Maybe she was done playing spoiled rich girl and was looking for a purpose in her life Whatever the reason, I ad to Moon, tonight seemed like it lasted an eternity It was only 10:00pm, but I very much wanted to head up to my bedroom and crawl under the plush cotton coraveyard I spent raveyards in the past feeeks than I had my entire life If someone asked me where someone was buried, I was sure I could draw therave

Just as I got to the front door, Kye walked into the large entry way I hadn’t seen hiel of Death His sandy brown hair was spiked atop his head, and he wore khaki pants and a blue polo shirt that fit a bit snug His eyes found ave him a s for a night jog?" He crossed his arms and waited for my answer

It took me a moment to understand his question I looked down at y sweater I’d conjured at Aiden’s hotel

"Oh, no" I shook ain I feel like I’hed Kye’s head bobbed up and down and an aard silence filled the space between us