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sleep t

fter Isabella curled up on the far edge of the bed with her back to me. She di

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y she

trained-she was

somethi

he dancing flames like they might whisper the truth if I waited long e

word. Every blink. Every time she looked at me and th

ndersta

me because she

ause I might disc

s gettin

s echoed down the stone hallway. The servants were still asleep, and the silence in th

rivate study and clos

llies. Enemies. Business con

lla M

died under mysterious circumstances two year

ver beli

tos. News articles. A birth certificate. Her school records.

was the

e without a few stains on the paper. But I

omeone had er

ked guarded. Her eyes gave her away. She had that same fire I'd seen last n

nded me

mething else I c

ttered the window-I felt a pulse in my chest. Like a jolt.

d out what s

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ning, she

in, her hair tied up, wearing a black sweater and jean

I said as I stepped

. "I've learned that s

ught yo

et for a se

ked at me, her eyes tired but st

wer," I said. "But I wa

dn't f

she said softly. "Lo

hy

surv

enough. I co

op she had climbed the night before. "You weren't just protecting yourself. You f

hroom. "You're a werewolf, Damien. You kno

he could close the door. "But I've known w

ger, but with something else

like you,

what a

dn't a

didn't

lse was steady, but I could feel it-something inside

fully human,

ee and stepped back. "

closer. "Y

ection in the mirror pale and worn. For the firs

ight the sky split open and lightning struck the se

he did something. Something strange. He called someone. A w

t me through

he was. But I've ne

listened. My heart

s were faster. I healed quickly. And sometimes... I would feel people's e

nded too

ot human,

"And it's not

d to face

hey were from a line of seers....women who could see the soul of a person. But t

nged

lowly, like she was carry

"And I don't die easily. I've been stabbed. Shot.

ran th

d, my voice low. "Why prete

e alone anymore. And I thought if anyone could under

t deeper tha

nk I'm a

een treated like

tared at her, this woman I thought I understood. And now she w

calm fille

afraid of y

her head.

hink I'm more afraid of w

slightly. Her

t to hurt yo

't lie to

no

't empty. It was full of things we didn't

for her hand. She

pered, "you're mine now. A