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“You okay?” Nick asked.
Brett shifted position. “Me? I’m fine. Better than fine. I’m great.”
There was a pause, a moment of silence, and then Brett cleared his throat. “I’ll go check the hallway. Cara, you good?”
She nodded, and she looked strong enough to sit up without assistance.
Brett was gone in a flash, and Nick blinked. “Vampire. Right. He’s a vampire. That’ll take some getting used to.”
Cara straightened up, and he was relieved to see some colour returning to her cheeks. “You beat Samuel.”
“I survived. It wasn’t my best work.”
“Still, it’s a win. You won.”
“I don’t know if I can say I won that fight,” Nick said. “If you weren’t here, I’d be dead, too. How are the girls?”
“They’re good,” she said. “Shaken, but they’re still high on adrenaline. The hard part will come later. They’re tough. They’ll pull through.”
“Hey, Cara...” He reached out slowly, and he took her hand. The void pulsed in his chest, but it didn’t spread to his hands. “I have to tell you something.”
“What is it?”
He smiled, and he kissed her. The world disappeared, and the pain went away, and she came closer. She moved beneath his hands, giving herself to him, and he could feel her magic and his void, the push and pull, warmth and heat and desire. Deeper, below the crashing waves of power, there was nothing except the two of them. Him and her.
“Cara,” he whispered, pulling back. “I...”
“What’s wrong? Are you still hurt? I thought I got everything-”
“I love you.”
“You... What?”
“I love you.”
“Nick, it’s just the magic. It gives people a weird kind of euphoria-”
“It’s not the magic. I should have said it sooner. I was going to, but I didn’t. I love you.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
She smiled. “I love you, too.”
He grinned and kissed her again, but a moment later, they were interrupted by someone clearing their throat.
“Sorry to cut in,” Brett said. “But we have a visitor.”
They broke apart and turned to see Brett standing between them and the door. Behind him, a woman stood in the open doorway.
“Why did you stop them?” Faye asked Brett. “I was enjoying the moment. Young love is so precious.”
Nick and Cara jumped to their feet, and Nick let the void spread through his arms.
“No need for that,” she said, smiling. “I’m not here to fight.”
Nick pulled Cara behind him, and he could feel the heat on her skin as she prepared to conjure fire.
