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“Any problems?”
“Nope. She’s out cold again. Expect to be cursed out when she wakes.” She looped her arm around mine and tugged me further down the entry hall.
She looked like she had something to say, so I allowed her to guide me.
“What is it?”
“What’s what?” she pretended to be oblivious.
“You’ve been my shadow since you could walk. I know when you have something to say Angel.”
“Okay, you’re right. It’s about Nova.”
“What about her?”
“Ya know, when you first mentioned this girl, I thought you were into her because she reminded you of Halle. But she’s nothing like her. At all.”
I raised my brows. “That’s what you wanted to tell me? That isn’t anything I don’t already know.”
“I was worried at first, but now…”
“Now you know it isn’t like that,” I finished for her. “Halle had issues beyond our control, Angel. And she isn’t why I like Nova.”
“Halle was still alive when we first got wind Evie had a sister. She was there the night I first saw Nova on that pier. I wasn’t looking for a replacement when I made the decision to pursue her. I’d never disrespect Nova in that way by making her think she was one.”
She gave me a cheeky grin. “Is my big brother, the unobtainable Rhys Barron finally smitten?” “Do I need to update the entire social hierarchy and let the thots know to begone?”
“I think they’ll get the hint once Dad breaks the news about us.” I laughed, turning serious as we drew closer to the stairway. “You don’t have to worry about what happened before, happening again. I could never put a bullet in Nova’s head.”
Her smile faded and she turned to face me. She knew how powerful that admission was.
Plenty of times in our family, in the world we came from, it was necessary to dispose of loved ones. I’d done it before, with Halle. I killed her in cold blood when she started to stray from the oath she made.
I knew from a few hours ago I wouldn’t be able to pull the trigger if it ever came to that with Nova. She was my something special. She had too much to live for to die. I never wanted to see those eyes empty of life.
“You’re for real?”
“Yeah, I am.”
Angel groaned dramatically. “You two are going to give me so many heart attacks.”
“How is that?”
“Together you’re like gunpowder and lead, explosive and dangerous.”
“Nice analogy.”
She flashed me another smile.
“Joking aside, I’m happy for you, and for me. I needed another kickass girl on team Barron.”
“I wouldn’t get that far ahead of yourself. It’s going to take time for her to transition.”
“I know,” she chirped. “But you do want that, right?”
“I need that. I can’t be with someone who doesn’t fit in with our lifestyle.”
“Don’t think you need to worry about that,” Tripp interjected, coming up behind us. He didn’t bother hiding the fact he’d been eavesdropping. “That girl is something else.”
