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I feel hot from the moment Kaanadan touched me like that. And I blame it on that for agreeing to come with him to a place other than where the party takes place. I blame it on that, because I'm looking forward to something I don't even know what's going to happen. And I blame it on that, that I'm following him even though a part of me is screaming at me to back off.The rustic brown elevator sign announces that we have reached the top floor of the mansion where Cavallaro's party takes place. The doors open and I don't look at Kaanadan, I just follow him through the silent and spacious floor that leads us to three different corridors. We follow the middle one.The lights disappear and only candle lamps are left, which are present every four steps down the corridor. I feel tense. And when Kaanadan opens the double doors pushing them in different directions, we are plunged into a room lit by the red lamp.Peculiar...But nothing as peculiar as what I see. I look around and see the sp
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“Celeste.I don't know how long I was off the earth, but I was. Kaanadan's last words still ring in my head and I feel a strange sensation. I shouldn't have accepted that. I crossed the limit.I can't look at him, but I feel his hand on my chin and lift my head until my eyes are in line with his."I can't..." I finally say.His hand lowers and only his eyes hold my head up and my eyes fixed on his."How can you not accept my world, your world, the world we grew up in...— And that I don't want to live! “The short. — Do you know why you don't mind living in this world, Kaanadan?“Because I accepted."No." I shake my head. “You don't mind living here because you're free to do anything. You might as well walk out of here and run a company, you do that. You can even study. You can go around without a thousand people on your tail. You are free to do whatever you want here. Or are you going to say no? Her face hardens, all that light look gone seconds ago. But I don't shut up. “Now
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My whole body squirms in front of the toilet. I grip the sides and for the thousandth time let go and I can almost feel my guts coming out with it. I groan from the pain it causes me.I feel my hair being held for you and I know Kaanadan is here. I take a deep breath to stem another wave, but the next thing I know, I'm throwing up again.Horrible...It was pretty much all night like that. I don't remember very well how I ended up in this tragic state, but I did and I'm not well. Yesterday, that bone-chilling water even helped me to balance more, but I really wish the nausea would stop. Or decrease."Are you still in pain?" Kaanadan asks quietly as I turn my face away from the toilet and drop my head onto his shoulder behind me.- Yes... - I say and try to keep another wave trapped."I'll have to order another medicine." You're worse than I thought...- It's no use. - I feel my stomach lurch and I stop for a moment, checking if I can hold it or not. With you. I speak again. "I've
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I made the most of the time I had left with Celina. We go out in coffee shops, shopping, even in parks or just at home preparing something to pass the time. However, today, she is leaving for home. Still hugging her, I feel almost ready to cry for her departure - but I hold back. Interest.- Take care. - She says and kiss her forehead, nodding.- You too. Anything. Anything at all. Call me...Celina smiles and nods, adjusting the strap of her backpack over her right shoulder. We walk away and she gives a nod to Scott, who brought us to the airport.“Take care of my sister, Maxwell. - She says and I smile.“She'll be safe if she knows how to be quiet sometimes.I look at him and he is serious, but with his eyes fixed on my sister's.Celina nods and gives me a quick hug before finally turning her back and disappearing into line for the plane. I bring a hand to my chest and sigh. Scott turns and I follow him, heading back to the car parked in front of the airport.Already in the
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Autumn event. This is one of the annual events held by Kaanadan's family, rather than Silvério's, since it was created by his mother. I think it's the same. Anyway, I don't know much about the event, but this week was almost straight forward trying to understand a little more about it — thanks to Marga.Yes, it's been a week since Kaanadan and I have been acting like a couple. It seems so ridiculous that I still get weird every time I wake up and we're together, or when we have dinner and we don't argue, or when we talk about something and we don't get into a war of who shuts the other up first. It's very... very... weird.I finish leaving the bathroom, seeing my clothes laid out on the bed: a white long-sleeved dress with a slightly rounded – and long – skirt and all fabric being made of a thicker cloth due to the cold weather. Today especially dawned freezing. Well, he also has a long white fur coat.As far as I know, the event is more charitable than something somber — as I'm us
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Night was already falling when the event ended. I walked beside Kaanadan, already feeling my feet tighten in the boot, towards the car at the exit of the big and huge garden. A female voice sounded behind us and we turned, almost together.Jane.She hurries to get close to us, while we wait for her halfway.- I'm sorry to delay you, but... - She puts her hand in the pocket of the dress she wears and takes out a stack of keys, staring at her nephew beside me. “We had to change the locks on your parents' mansion. Marco thought it best that I deliver it to you personally, since there is suspicion among the soldiers.I look at Kaanadan and see him hesitate as he looks at the key, but he quickly takes it from his aunt's hand and stuffs it into his overcoat pocket. Her eyes are cold, she looks troubled.- What there was? - Her question came out dry, but her look tried to soften when looking at her aunt.Jane took a deep breath as she scratched her forehead, then turned her attention b
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His intense kisses, his slides through my body, made me shiver as everything that was hot became more. My body felt like flames screaming amidst an erupting volcano and I couldn't say anything over the loud sounds my mouth was making. Kaanadan was driving me more and more crazy and when my limit reached… God, it was inexplicable.The scene from this morning after my comment still plays in my head. My body boils just remembering it and it unsettles me more than I could have thought normal. I don't deny that I was almost, well almost, falling for his game; I was almost giving up, hiding any fear that makes me stop and think. But your cell phone rang and the only thing that made me give up was your call to work...“Celeste?I come to my senses.I blink a few times and turn my attention to Marga, who says something I don't understand. What a bad friend I am...We're in a coffee shop, which is right in the center of the city and great for distraction, even though it's not the sight of
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"Attack?" Celina's voice sounds frightened."Yeah... one more."I comment on the cell phone, watching Kaanadan get ready, stuffing several guns into holsters strapped to his jacket and body. The body that still has cuts and wounds from that attack.We were woken up in the middle of the night by screams. The mansion, as protected as it is, became weak among the group that invaded and ended up injuring several soldiers from Kaanadan's organization, as well as leaving three dead. Since then, he's been silent, seriously, and I don't imply, already knowing the reason.With the cell phone to my ear, due to Celina's call that morning, I adjust my pants, finishing getting ready when I throw the single braid of my hair, to the back. We are leaving here. Better, I'm leaving.“But the Salvatore mansion is one of the most protected. How did this happen?“Traitors. — I say the word that still torments the tall man in front of me, no matter how much I speak Portuguese. Sigh. "I'll have to han
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