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"Seems so easy," Pete res Easy No fuss, no rass, he searched for a gravestone "Let’s start near the fence and hope we hit pay dirt" Lifting the shovel, he slammed it hard into the packed earth "Got a few io already felt the sunlight pricking along his skin and the heat sucking the energy out of hiround with his shovel

"For Aether, the three th hair over one shoulder and leaned forward on her elbows The table wobbled slightly, sloshing the chai latte in her cup over the edge

"Crap!" Aance, Professor Suo"

"Thanks," A so hard to be seductive and failing It was the third ti to be coy PJ Harvey’s deep voice was singing mournfully over the coffee shop’s sound syste washed were the only sounds other than their conversation The coffee shop was nearly e tables devoid of the usual students cra a paper

"We all makesmile and a wink

"And soered on his handsome face as she took a sip

With the Easter break underway,with fa laundry so she could pack and head home when Professor Sumner had knocked on her dorm door She had been surprised to open the door and find the tallin the hallway

"Care for a coffee?" he had asked in his refined English accent

Ao anywhere with one of her professors, but she hadn’t thought twice before saying yes Now sitting across froet hinetic about theabout him that h he was dressed simply in black trousers and a blue shirt under a soft leather coat, he exuded raer and sensuality She watched his fingers caress theblack coffee that he’d barely sipped fro up the conversation again

"I guess I want to knohy

"Are you thinking about pursuing a career in the field?" He tilted his head as he set his hand on the table a scant inch frorooer The blue of the sparkling stone ernails, Amaliya wished she had touched up the polish "I’m not sure yet I’oing into counseling and helping kids who are grieving, but I don’t know" She rubbed her ar her tattoo under her thin black sweater It was her tribute to her h a loss at a young age?" His intense blue eyes never strayed fro despite the serious topic

"Yes, my mother A little later on, my little sister I lost thenore the pain inside of her It was hard to think of her deceased loved ones and not feel lost and alone in the world Her family had never recovered from the death of her mother and it had fallen apart coes everything, doesn’t it?" Professor Suertips

She raised her eyes to see that he was gazing at her conte drew Amaliya’s attention across the roo up the shattered reirl lifted her blue eyes and aze

Panicky to be spotted with their professor, Amaliya quickly looked away

Professor Suently rubbed her pal, Amaliya swept her hair over one shoulder to hide her face fro"

"Die young andcorpse," Bianca said in a low voice, walking past their table

Amaliya twisted in her chair to retort, but the professor yanked on her hand, pulling her attention back to hi?"

Uncomfortable, Amaliya squirmed in her rickety wooden chair "I don’t want to talk about this"

"Why?"