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"That hen you guys were bonded, when he was your guardian angel That was his duty, what’s stopping hi hiet in trouble for knowing and not reporting it If anything happened to Gabriel, it would destroy Mila, and in turn, destroy me No matter what he did, it would link back to me and I know he didn’t want that I wanted to tell her all of this, but I couldn’t The ti"

The Best Laid Plans…

"You look fine" Mila sighed whilst flicking through a Vogue lance inin front of the ot froainst my finally tan skin The heels I chose to ere round I didn’t want to roll ht you didn’t care about dinner"

"I do care"

It was only dinner with Hunter, but I still wanted to look nice It had been years since I’ve eaten at a restaurant and I wanted my return to be special

"It’s just been a while since I’ve eaten at a restaurant"

"Oh, I forgot"

Hunter knocked gently

"Are you ready?" he asked softly through the cheap wood of the door

His voice was as sweet as honey, yetme to cancel I opened the door, ready to exit, but stopped in shock and confusion Eli and Hunter were standing in front of uardian all black ar unbelievably sexy

"They match your dress," Hunter said as he handed me a bunch of deep red roses

I took my eyes from Eli and placed them on Hunter

"Thank you, they’re beautiful Sorry Uuardian escort to town and the school provided us with your lovely ex-guardian angel," Hunter explained, gesturing towards Eli

Hunter’s voice was polite and friendly but his face expressed the same aard expression mine did I couldn’t help but wonder if the universe was playing a sick joke onto be even harder to convince Eli that Hunter and I weren’t together now

"Now that I’ood idea to start with s, excuseback to the safety of ?" Mila asked, as the door clicked behindus to dinner"

Mila’s mouth dropped open "It’s like a cheesy sitcom"

"I don’t knohy they bother with escorts The town is under a charue gods, goddesses, guardian angels, or even hu for va numbers in both of our species, it’s better to be safe than sorry"

Her words sent chills down ht of Tay and his secret obsession with beco immortal He kept it under wraps so well, who knohat the ulterioron rabbed it, and in its place, I left the roses

"Aw, they’re beautiful," Mila cooed

"Yeah …" I ed by the thought of Hunter givingterrible fro their full beauty

The car ride was as aard Eli drove whilst Hunter and I sat in the back, his hand upon my knee No words were spoken until we reached the restaurant

"We’re here," Eli announced

Hunter cli hts that adorned the restaurant were pretty My eyes followed the into a rose beneath a sign that read ‘La Hope’

"You two have fun," Eli said as he caainst it

I peeled h the front door of the restaurant Inside it was dark and red The walls were adorned with beautiful paintings and green plants From the outside, you wouldn’t think it was capable of five star quality

Of course we had to get the table right by the wide front , right by Eli I glanced sideways toward the car, he was gone

"For you," Hunter said as he pulleddown on the co chair It washall that deaden your butt

A tall, skinny waiter around the age of fifteen brought us our menus "I’ll be back soon to take your order"

Hunter opened his menu "What do you feel like?"

I was too nervous to choose a big rilled chicken Caesar was probably themeal on the menu for someone in my shoes

"The chicken salad," I said

Hunter shot hty precent of the school’s food is healthy The one night you can have anything you want, you choose a healthy option?"

"I’ht on ht now"

"Aw, are you nervous being here with me?" Hunter raised his eyebrow as he spoke and flashed his usual devillike that," I replied

The young waiter strode towards us, carrying a bottle of wine

"Hunter, we --"

"You’re eighteen… You can drink outside of school legally"

"I know, but I don’t want to"

Hunter signalled for the waiter to go away "Is everything okay?"

There was no use in keeping it toonmy body, I could feel it

"Hunter, we need to talk Today--"

"Wait, at least until after dinner," he suggested

I wasn’t happy about it I just wanted to put everything out in the open

Dinner conversation was quiet I was having a hard ti His face didn’t betray his e The silence was killing ainst Eli?" I asked abruptly, unable to keep the anger out of my tone