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"You haven’t expressed your anger withHunter our plans thing" I kept my eyes fixated on the dry bushland that rushed passed us It would be harder for h this conversation if I looked at hi you is pointless It won’t change anything So our plan was co deal We’ll find a neay to handle the situation" His voice was strange, like he was annoyed and holding back what he really wanted to say

"That’s not what I want to hear,"

"What do you want to hear, then, Ruby?"

I glanced at hiave him away He was frustrated

"You don’t have to tip-toe around et mad and absorb too much sun and explode I’m half Heelian, so I probably couldn’t even if I wanted to Besides, I can control it So tell , because this whole cool and cal you could possibly say to me"

He scratched the shadow of stubble on his face and exhaled

"I’ain "I’ I told you in confidence and told another guy, who happens to be a vampire, and sides with our enemies I knew you cared for Hunter, I did I just didn’t know you cared about him more than me, more than our lives"

"Eli" I placed htly "I care about you more than I’ve cared about anyone in my entire life It has always been you, it will always be you"

"Sometimes it takes a little more than words to prove it"

I crossed ave you ht ser over his bottom lip

He didn’t comment any further on the subject and neither did I I understood his feelings aboutHunter What I didn’t understand was the whole ‘ive hih?

"When all of this is over and before we go any further, I want to e"

"And what does that mean?" I spat with attitude

"It s, etcetera, are on the same level"

I turned my stare back onto the dull trees Was I the only one that thought our feelings were on the sa Eli I loved him yesterday He didn’t say it back and I didn’t expect hi to think that was because he didn’t love reen service station became visible about fifty meters down the road I exited the car after we parked and pulled es, trying to locate Mila’s na It was only Mr Aleksandrov’s home number, but if someone answered, then maybe they could forward us to his cell phone

There, written in blue, was Mila’s nae froht I’d be able to keep the attitude from my voice He took the paper from my hand

"You’reback"

"I know, but I thought that it would be about being impulsive and stupid I didn’t think it was because you don’t have the saet that out of what I said?"

I looked down at my feet "You didn’t say I love you back yesterday, which, by the way, I’m totally fine with But then you said you wanted to e … I assurasped the sides ofhis warm, full lips onto mine

"I love you, too," he whispered as our lips parted

I stood there in shock for a uard A smile that felt too wide forto needto play it cool

His strong ar me as close as possible while he bent his face towarda se what I said about Hunter You need to decide where your loyalties lie"

"I know I just feel responsible for what happened to him"

"You didn’t force him to fall in love with you nor did youThese were all his decisions It was also his decision to tell Lucian about our plans He chose to betray your trust Not to mention that he almost bit you, he isn’t the same anys through When this is all over, we’ll talk I’ a dark lock of hair aroundI was going to do was get htly as the driver door opened and Eli cliot you so roll and an orange juice I was too nauseous to eat but I took it anyway I didn’t want to coet a hold of Mr Aleksandrov?"

He nodded as he took a bite of his breakfast roll He sed "They’re still co"

My stomach dropped into my shoes "What? No, they can’t Are they insane?"

"They’re confident they can take all of the va with twenty vampires and we don’t kno many vampires the leader of the Gerald Harbor sector has …"

"Mr Aleksandrov is coe The plan is going forward There’s nothing we can do"

I slu bad happened to Mr Aleksandrov, then I’d lose Mila She’d blame me for it

"Do you knohat you have to do?" Eli asked, interrupting my stream of consciousness

"Yes"

"Tell me I need to know that you understand exactly what to do"

Eli orried about me If I messed up, what I was supposed to do then? There was no doubt the Gerald Harbor vampires would kill me "I’ll enter the warehouse and use my powers to kill as many of the vampires as I can Sounds simple"

"Let’s just hope it works out"

"But when I use a lot of h yet"