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I hesitated "I wanted to talk about the whole lake thing I’d thought I…dreaot ht you back I was the one to place you in dry clothes, by the way"

I laughed "I was hoping that was you"

"Although he did volunteer for the job," she said, her eyes rolling "Daemon is so helpful"

"That he is Where…where is he?"

She shrugged "No clue" Her eyes narrowed "Why do you keep itching your ar that "Oh, they took my blood in the hospital to , she tugged up my sleeve "I have solanced down at my arm and sucked in a breath "Yuck"

My entire inner elbow looked like a fleshy strawberry All that was reen cap The raised splotches of red skin were speckled with darker dots

Dee ran a finger over it "Does it hurt?" I shook my head It just itched like crazy She dropped et your blood taken?"

"Yeah," I said, staring at my arm

"That’s really weird, Katy It’s like you had soet soht help"

"Sure" I frowned at my arm What could’ve done this?

Dee returned with a jar of the cool gunk It helped with the itching, and after I tuggedout with her for the next couple of hours, watching her destroy one pot after another I laughed so hard my sto and accidentally set her shirt on fire She’d raised one brow at er chest as if to say she’d like to have seen les

When she ran out of chocolate and plastic spatulas, Dee finally adood-bye as I headed ho first day back at school, but I was glad I’d headed over and ended it hanging with Dee

Dae the road just as I shut the front door behind me

In less than a second, he was on the top step "Kitten"

"Hey" I avoided his extraordinary eyes and face, because, well, I was having a real hard ti what his mouth had felt like on ?"

"Patrolling" He stepped onto the porch, and even though I was busy staring at the crack in the wood floor, I could feel his gaze on my face and the heat fro is all quiet on the western front"

I cracked a smile "Nice reference"

When he spoke, his breath teased the loose hair around my temple "It’s my favorite book, actually"

My head jerked toward his, narrowlya collision I hid my surprise "I didn’t know you kne to read the classics"

A lazy ss touched His shoulder brushed my arm "Well, I usually prefer books with pictures and small sentences, but sohed "Let uess, your favorite kind of picture book is the one you can color in?"

"I never stay in the lines" Daemon winked Only he could pull that off

"Of course not" I looked away, sing Sometimes it was too easy to fall into the easy banter with hiht Teasing Laughing Getting in way overaround "I’ll walk you hoht there" Not like he didn’t know that Duh

That lazy sentle under ave hi I knew, he scooped me up into his arms My heart leaped into my throat "Daemon--"

"Did I tell you I carried you all the way back to the house the night you were sick? Thought that was a dream, eh? Nope Real" He went down one step as I stared wide-eyed at hi this a habit"

And then he shot off the porch, the roar of the wind drowning outin front ofdown at me "I was faster the last time"