y
and Damon, I drove stra
, it wasn't as bad as I'd feared. No concussion. She'd be healed by tomorrow
led heavily
done to Damon, instead of
m that?" she asked, lo
ea
Finally, you're bringi
hed at
ith her, insisting I shouldn't be alo
ack to Lunahill, my family'
into the driveway, m
was parked in fr
and my feet came
that had once hel
miling brightly. In some of them,
ts, my nails digg
hed open my bedroom door.
eepsakes, gone. The shelves I'd decorated, the curtains I'd pi
the. They hadn't just pushed
egret only to meet Celestine standing by the porch
dn't she been pretending
'd show up." She said, "I
nd walked past
ked against the pavement as she follo
my jaw and
"Your parents thought it was time for an upgrade. I have
second, then forced
. "Your mother said it felt wrong leaving it
hen she noticed my
sweetly. "Knowing how ea
ar and yanked
othing to s
gged. "What could you
iver's seat and sl
wasn't f
d. They finally have the daughter they've
mistake." She shouted
e a smile filled with mock sympathy. Anger flared
backward, tripping over her heels, and I waited until the last possible se
opped inches
FUCKING
towards her. "Yes, I am. And y
with shaking hands. "I'm cal
tured toward her car. "G
and sped away. I guess she was not b
long and I had no idea when I began to cry
y with a sarcastic remark but instead I saw a v
s face and black eyes that seemed to pierce through me even from where he w
again,"
ile spreading across his face.
u doing here?" I aske
eyes sweeping over me. "
I crossed my arms, studying him.
shrugged
on me. "Are yo
hat you want
Why are you following me? And more impo
are pretty smart. How did you
me that night too. I noticed it following me
yebrows. "And you d
ng me. I thought you'd slip up eventu
at that,
or a moment and I loo
"Want me to help you ligh
, stunned
erfectly serious. "The house. You
w..
e, too," he continued, "And I'd rather de
me and I could smel
murmured. "You and me, we're the kind of
is car. He opened the trunk an
ge of the house and began pouring the liquid aroun
walked back to me a
was a silv
this is you
before reaching
d nodded towards t
and stepped back before
ing a trail of fire that snaked a
able to keep the exciteme
, "You sure you don't have
e down. "No, I don't. And besides, e
t late. Everything that belongs to you should be reclaimed," he said.
tell you," he said. "Something I've
ha
ing out a box from his pocket. He flicked
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