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"Then let’s continue, please?"

Lucian slowly backed toward his chair, not taking his eyes off Eli Once he was seated, Eli dropped back into his own chair, concealing his stake in the sleeve of his jacket once again

"Go," Lucian ordered the vampires, and as quickly as they appeared, they disappeared

I exhaled loudly and dropped back into my chair "What is your next request?"

"You shift your ti the day and be awake during the night"

We resumed our conversation under civil pretences but the tensions and anger in the roo the day"

Lucian clenched his jaw in frustration and exhaled loudly out his nose "Without supervision? Not a chance"

"We’re on a mountain, at least twenty-four hours fro anywhere"

"You two running away is not lanced sideways at Eli, as eating a chicken druest concern was He didn’t want Eli and I to have unsupervised sessions because although he was a vauardian angel intimate relations

"I can assure you that that should be the least of your concerns Eli and I care for each other but it’s strictly professional" I may have bent the truth a little "Besides," I said, sing hard "I just lost ave the order to take Hunter away from e, I told him Hunter was my boyfriend

"A one hour session at dawn is all I’ for"

Lucian rattled off more rules and routines I was expected to follow

At no tirounds alone When I was in my room, my door had to be locked from the inside and I wasn’t allowed to open it to anyone that hadn’t specified beforehand they needed to see me Under no circumstances could I offer a vampire my blood or drink blood from a vampire Well, that’s a no brainer

By noas very late I ate my dinner; once I started it was hard to stop I ended up being a lot hungrier than I thought My heavy stoht away the sleepiness that was catching up with ?" I asked

"For now"

"Then if you don’t o to bed"

"Both of you should sleep Take her to her rooer," Lucian warned Eli

Eli, too tired for words, si room The party was still very much alive, only this time there were less clothes I kept my eyes on the floor I had only been in this rooh blood and breasts to last y and into the living room

"What the hell was that?" I blurted e reached the staircase

"A blood orgy," Hunter replied, floating down the stairs toward us

No other terhtless His black eyes watched me curiously as I instinctively stepped closer to Eli Hunter’s face flinched, hurt byHunter a little better than I had been, but I needed more time to adjust I was a little relieved to see he wasn’t a part of the blood exchanging orgy in the next room

I wasn’t in the mood to say ‘I told you so,’ but I could tell by the way Eli tensed up when he saw Hunter he was in as much shock as I hen I first saw him

"Don’t look too surprised, De Luca, surely you were hoping for so like this to happen to me"

"I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, let alone you, Hunter" Eli’s voice was sympathetic and polite

"Yeah, sure," he snorted Hunter ca over us He flicked his fangs out "Now if you’ll excuseEli tugged gently at my hand and step by step, we made it up the stairs and back to my room

"Now I believe you," he finally said

His words annoyed me "You should have believed me when I told you the first ti Then I wasn’t sure if you’d hit your head or not e crashed and --"

"Well, now you know I didn’t"

"Move on" I heard the ice cold voice before I saw the vampire Behind Eli was the tall, blond vampire that had killed Hunter If I recall correctly, his name was Liam

Eli turned away from me and Liam stepped away to let Eli pass "I’ll see you at dawn"

"But that’s only a few hours away," I called after hiht with hu Liam’s cold stare

I turned and noticed my stuff in boxes on the bed When I found the box with my clothes in it, I pulled my dress off and slipped into a pair of checker-patterned boxer shorts and a navy blue tank top I wasn’t going to have a shoas the point? In four hours I’d have to wake up and get dirty I’d shower aftersession with Eli I pulled a small alarm clock out from a box and set it for five am and then set it down on the bedside table I pushed the boxes off the bed and over to thebefore sliding in between the silk sheets I stared up at the pretty chandelier I didn’t turn it off, I wasn’t coh to sleep in the dark here On the other hand, I didn’t think I was tired enough to sleep in the light, either I closedfor sleep to come When I saw Mila, Hunter, Ca at

I oken froh Who the hell would be knocking on an to deliberate whether to answer it or not, my alarm went off and the realization hitwoken up so early in the roan, I forcedthe sleep froreeted by Eli’s serious face

"Are you ready?"

"No" I yawned "I’ll get dressed"

"Not a chance Put your shoes on"

"Eli, I need to get changed"

"You should have set your alarm earlier"

"I assumed you would be lenient C’mon, it’s my first day I’ve only had a few hours’ sleep Why do we have to start training now? Let o back to bed," I whined

Eli s to be far frohed in defeat It was too early to fight hirabbeded atsun welcomed my face that I knee’d made it outside I rubbed arden full of colorful flowers of every hue swayed gently in the breeze before me I inhaled the sweet scent of jasasped

"The backyard"

I descended the few steps andwas planned out so beautifully Eli walked past arden until we reached a huge clearing outside the castle’s er surrounded by the breathtaking garden, a strange citrus sreenery that surrounded us outside the castle walls was depressing The way they curled and twisted, fighting each other for a gliarden but appeared to be cut back every ti to do this, you need to pay attention"

My eyes and attention reverted back to Eli

"Right Sorry," I apologized sheepishly

Eli had already set up a s area in a small courtyard at the back of the house The walls were rubble mostly, but a few slabs of rock remained My eyes skis

Eli pulled off his shirt and I couldn’t help but stare When he kept the tank top he wore under his shirt on, I fought back a disappointed pout