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Jolting, I wake to the feel of him on me, a sticky heat that makes me crave more, but the cold, weird sense of the dream makes my stomach clench.
I take one breath, then another. Yawning, I stretch, my legs kicking the sheets off me, Winnie moving quickly from my side, yipping in my face, clearly agitated. I don't think I've ever felt so alive, so aware of my body, my mind. It's a sick kind of awareness, like when you're desperate for something so you can't see straight, you can't think straight.
And then I shiver, remembering why it's so dark.
And why I have nightmares.
A flash of Cam runs through my mind, a balm, an antidote. Even thinking about him makes my stress lessen. How can a man I’ve spent no more than an hour with do this to me?
Stress. So much stress. It’s because of Rudy.
This is all Rudy’s fault.
They are making me move again.
Always at night. Always in secrecy. The moon is the only one who knows what my life is really like, and it cannot speak.
It just watches.
Jason and Sal, my bodyguards tonight, help me pack my bag. Everything else in the house will disappear. I will never see it again.
Winnie will come with me. It's the one demand I make, overriding their glances and frowns, their curt nods of approval laughable, as if they have any control over me.
Do they manage my movements? Yes. But I am their princess.
What I say goes.
And that means my dog goes with me.
Death invades every part of my life, a reminder of how fragile we are, but also of my destiny. Scores of generations of women have come before me, but none have my specific genetic makeup. A perfect balance of genes that add up to the fulfillment of a prophecy, I did not choose this.
Nature chose me.
I am destiny.
I alone can save mankind.
Alone.
Except I don’t want to be alone.
I want Cam.
"Something feels off." I turn to the man I've known for most of my life. His expression is hard, his brown eyes serious. He's wearing a black suit, the collar of his shirt unbuttoned, tie loose, the sight of him reminding me of the gunshot last night.
He is the one who killed Rudy.
He is the one who saved all mankind by protecting me from being defiled.
"Princess," Jason says kindly, a fatherly smile on his face. A streak of gray at each temple lends some sophistication to him. He's been part of my security crew since my mother gave me over to my destiny. Jason is the closest thing I have to a father here, away from my family.
"Yes?"
"It's time."
"No goodbyes?"
"Not here. We're simply moving you."
