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“Yes we did.” Nic picks me up and presses me against his chest, cuddling with me.
All my guys get in bed and we just enjoy each other as we fall asleep.
Twenty
Aly
We are sitting around the kitchen table as a group when Anna brings up the same thing for the third time. We filled her in on everything that happened with the council and now, we wait to hear from them again.
“Anna, you can’t come with us to face the hunters. You need to stay here safe. This could be a trap and you aren’t trained,” I try to reason with her.
If looks could kill, I would be dead. She’s staring at me like I’m personally responsible for everything but I’m just trying to be reasonable.
“You’ve been training me!” She tries.
The guys are staying quiet, letting me handle this but I know they feel the same. They don’t wantmegoing and I’m a fully trained hunter. Anna is just a baby vampire.
“I know but it’s not enough. We have more to work on. Please, trust that I’m doing what’s best here.” My voice is pleading. I don’t want her anywhere near this.
Her shoulders drop and I know I’ve won.
“I just want to be there for you, you’re going to be in danger and I hate that.”
My love for this girl only grows. She’s incredible, and I am so lucky to have her in my life.
“Thank you. I love you so much, but this is best.”
She nods, finally accepting my words. The guys think it’s finally safe to join the conversation.
“We will make sure this place is safe. I’ve been casting spells every day to protect it and Aly is planning on leaving Bailey here with you. He can protect you,” Nic explains.
Bailey hears his name and trots into the room, giving Anna a lick on her hand.
Anna leans down and pets him in thanks, giving him lots of scratches. Even now that we know he’s an extremely dangerous Athermy familiar, he’s still just a puppy to us.
Jay drops some eggs and toast on the table for breakfast, and we all dig in.
* * *
We are walking to the science building when I reach up to fiddle with my necklace but it’s missing.
“Shit!” I turn to look at the ground behind me, hoping it just fell off.
“What’s wrong?” Anna asks, looking around too.
Before I can answer, Nic says, “her charm is gone! I didn’t notice until now. We should get out of here.”
“We should find it,” I counter.
Jeremy starts walking back the way we came. “5 minutes max.”
I do not want Nic to have to make me a new one. How could I have lost it? We should charm them to stay on like my parent’s.
Of course, the universe decides to punish me for losing my charm.
An excited voice that I unfortunately recognize says, “Al is that you?!”
The guys all tense around me and I can hear Anna scoff. At least he won’t recognize Anna with her charm on.
