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I thought about all the times one of us had almost died, but never fully sealed the deal

Is it because of the electricity?

I asked

Is that e have to die together?

That, and the Blood Promise you both made,

he explained

You two are wound together about as tight as anyone can be The witch ht have stolen some of your life, but you ll be fine

So what happens if one of us actually dies,

I said,in my chest

And I mean, really dies like forever

You won t,

he said siether

Hope rose in et too excited,

he said

You re both going to die soon Re up the painful vision

Does Alex know about this?

Nicholas shrugged

Who knohat he s got locked away in his head Considering the countless lies he s told, you can never really know

That s like the pot calling the kettle black, isn t it?

He smirked

Perhaps

Normally, I d be upset with him, but I d just found out that Alex was alive All that worrying was for nothing But it was i and Stephan could open the portal Or ere dead and the world was saved

So why did my dreams say otherwise?

I headed downstairs, to the kitchen to tell Laylen and Aislin that everything was going to be fine That I wasn t going to, that couldn t die yet

So Alex is okay, then?

Aislin asked, like she had been fretting he was dead, just likea bite of my sandwich

At least that s what faerie boy said

She no longer looked relieved

But hoe know he s not just being & well, you know, hi the crust off the bread

We don t

Laylen plopped down in a chair between Aislin andoff for a while, take a break froood,

I said

He can still talk topart of him Besides, I don t feel comfortable anymore Now that I know he can still see me, even when I can t see him

Aislin s face fell

Ewe,

sheShe pushed her plate away

I think I just lost er to catch on, but then he flexed his hands, irritated

If you want, I can take care of him,

he offered

I ht

I touched the purple stone on the ring

I ot to be the key to fixing the apocalyptic mess Besides, you can t actually touch hi but cold air

He touched the ring on er

Maybe I should put it on and see if I can see hiuy

I could have a little talk with hi with his worse

I almost perfected the Scutum Distillans spell,

Aislin announced over us

Is that the shield lowering spell thing?

I asked

She bit into her sandwich

I only need oneand I ll have it Then we can drop the Shield Spell fro?

I slid my empty plate out of the way

She frowned at her sandwich and picked out a bad piece of lettuce

More power

I knohere you could get some

Laylen elbowed me and winked

Abruptly, Aislin stood from the table, put her plate in the sink, and walked out silently

Is she still mad?

I asked

About the & incident

He laughed softly

It wasn t an incident It was an accident And she ll get over it

I frowned, pinching his ar us in bed like that had to be hard for her

Ow,

he laughed, rubbing his arm

It could have been harder We just fell asleep together in the same bed It was completely accidental

I rolled my eyes Guys were so unsympathetic so nice

He pushed to his feet and gave o upstairs and apologize again, even though Aislin and I aren t really together

You could be with her,

I said

If you wanted to

I know

And then he left

I let out a sigh and rested s up Not only did I have to find a way to erase the Mark of Malefiscuswithout the world ending So far I had nothing but a ring that let me communicate with an extre tom on me

It wasn t like we didn t try We tried and tried and tried, but every path seee a vision mess up the world more Kill Stephan the Death Walker s and Demetrius still survived Maybe I should kill theure out a way to do that yet Unless somehow I could create my own deadly army

A cool breeze blew and a