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I scowled at his blatant re anything" I poked at the cake some more "It’s not as bad as it sounds I’ve spent uess you probably would have preferred I hadn’t stopped by then, huh?"

Looking up, I watched as he stabbed his cake with his fork until he parted the ice cream away from the cookie middle He took a bite of the crunchy part "I really did coht"

I sat the plate aside and pulled s up underneath me "Dae back, I nodded

He glanced down at his plate, his jaw clenching "Nothing happened between Ash andwith you And I know that’s hard to believe, but I’m sorry if it…hurt you" Daemon drew in a deep breath "Contrary to what you think about irl I do like you, so I wouldn’t mess around with Ash And I haven’t Ash and I haven’t done anything for months, before you even ca inmyself out as I did when it came to Daemon I understood books I did not understand boys--especially alien boys

"Things are complicated between Ash and me We’ve known each other since we caether Especially the elders, since we’re ’co babies" He shuddered

It was official I liked the sound of that even less the second tiether," Dae his cake "And all of this? I know it’s hurting her I never wanted to do that" He paused, struggling for the right thing to say "I never wanted to hurt you, either And I’ve done both of those things"

Two bright red spots blosso and looked away I didn’t want him to know that I saw him blush

"I can’t be with her the way she wants--the way she deserves" He stopped, exhaling "Anyway, I wanted to apologize for last night"

"So do I" I bit uess the wholething freaked ht with the s Well, that was one hell of a display of power that you have no control of" He glanced atabout it And I keep thinking of Dawson and Bethany That evening they returned frootten hurt"

"And he healed her?"

"Yep I don’t know uess it’s like two photons splitting, separate but the saed "I don’t know It’s a theory"

"Do you think whatever is happening with me will stop?"

He scooped up the last of his cake and then placed his plate on the coffee table "We ht fade over time, but you need to be careful No pressure, but it’s a threat to all of us I’ to be…cruel It’s the truth"

"No, I understand I could expose you all I’ve alainst the couch in a lazy, arrogant sprawl thataround to see if anyone has heard of this happening I have to be careful, though Too ered the necklace as Daehties hair band played, screeching about a love lost and found, to only be lost again

"After seeing your dance skills earlier, you would have blended right in with the eighties," he said

I rolled rinned as he turned to’Walk Like an Egyptian’ down"

"You’re a douche"

Daehed "Did you know I had a purple Mohawk?"

"What?" I laughed, not even able to iine that, especially around these parts "When?"

"Yep, purple and black It was before we h this phase Pierced nose and all," he said, grinning

I busted out laughing, and he shoved a throw pillow at me I picked it up and placed it inlike that Mattheith us He becauardian of sorts He had no idea what to do with me"

"But Matthew--he’s not that much older"

"He’s older than he looks He’s around thirty-eight"

"Wow He’s aging well"

Daemon nodded "He arrived at the saht he was responsible for us, being the oldest out of everyone"

"Where did you guys…?" How in the world would I say this? Co over, he picked a piece of lint off my thermal "We landed near Skaros"