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Hearing the door close, my eyes opened. It was still nighttime, moonlight flooded the room through the windows.I sat up to find Adam missing from his spot beside me.Where could he be?The bathroom light was off and he wasn't in the room. I laid back down, telling myself he probably got up to check on his dad. I sighed heavily, now wide awake. My mind immediately kicked into high gear, thinking of all the things that could be wrong.It's probably nothing, I told myself.I tried to go back to sleep, but nearly an hour passed and Adam still had not returned.I sat up and looked at the clock. Where could he be at 2 o'clock in the morning?I got out of the bed and peeked my head outside the bedroom door. The hallway was empty, except for two men standing guard at Malcom's door.I closed the door and thought.What if something is wrong?I knew I would never go back to sleep if I continued to worry about it. I put on a pair of Adam's sweatpants and one of his sweatshirts. He won't mind, I
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I spent the morning preparing the Chandlers' rooms.They were going to stay a floor below Adam's bedroom. The hospital ward was on that floor. I figured Mrs. Chandler would want to be as close to Mr. Chandler as she could. Vega would have a room to herself, as would her mother. Ethan and Brennan would share a room.I put clean towels in their bathrooms and fresh sheets on their beds. I made sure there was soap in the showers and the drawers were cleared out for their clothes. When I finished, I went back up to Adam's room to change into clean clothes.I took a shower and made the bed.After I finished putting the pillows on the bed, I laid down for a moment. I couldn't imagine what was going to happen when the Chandlers arrived.Is Vega still mad at me? Will her mom be mad at me? How long will they be here? Will Adam be able to help Mr. Chandler?I was almost asleep when I heard a knock on the door. I got out of the bed and opened the door.Liu stood in front of me. "I heard what h
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Unknown P.O.V."Do you realize what you've done?!" She sighed, unamused at his outburst."Relax. I've wiped his mind."His face was red with rage."And if he wakes up and remembers? What will you do then? It will destroy all her trust!" She scoffed."Her idiot father destroyed her ability to trust. We just have to work before she can find out what we're up to." He was trying not to strangle her."Do you know how far I've traveled? How long I've waited? If you've screwed this up, you will pay for it."She gulped at the threat. "We'll make our move during the Centennial. Can you manage not to screw anything up until then?" He asked.She nodded and he sighed. "One more week. Then, the throne will be ours."Evelyn's P.O.V."This is where you'll be staying."I opened the bedroom door for Mrs. Chandler and showed her the room."Vega and the boys' rooms are just across the hall there," I said, pointing that way. She gave me a tight lipped smile and hugged me. "Thank you for everything."My
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I stood in front of my burning house. I couldn't move, only watch as the flames climbed higher into the night sky. The red tulips planted next to the front door seemed to glow like the flames that broke through the windows. The smoke was suffocating and my eyes burned from the heat."Evelyn!" My mother's screams echoed in my ears.I tried to yell, to tell her I was there. My voice wasn't working."Evelyn! Help me!"Her screams got louder and more frantic. I started to panic. I couldn't move. I couldn't yell. I could only stand there, watching the house burn down in flames and listening to my mother's screams."Evelyn!" Her voice got louder, closer."Evelyn!"I shot up from the bed to see Adam standing next to the bed, his hand on my shoulder."Are you ok?"I was hyperventilating. "My mom," I whispered, shaking my head. He sat down on the edge of the bed and wrapped his arms around me. "We'll find her."I sighed and leaned my head against his solid chest."And you're sure she wasn't i
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"It's cold outside!""You're in Canada during the dead of winter, of course it's cold outside!"I huffed and planted my feet firmly into the snow, causing Adamto sigh."You have to learn to shift. It's a necessity for you at this point," he said firmly, folding his arms across his chest."I don't want to. It hurts, and I have nothing to change into afterwards."Adam held up the long, black dressing robe in his hands."That's why I have this."I shook my head. I can't believe this. I should have just lied to him when he asked me about shifting.We stood in the tree line on the edge of the forest that was a few hundred feet away from the castle. We were well hidden by the bushy evergreens from anyone who might have been looking on, but that didn't stop me from being mortified. Shifting for thevery first time was an intimate thing, and I wasn't so sure I wanted to share it with Adam.I don't want to take my clothes off in front of him. I don't want him to see me in pain.Adam stood the
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I splashed him gently, earning a wink.Eventually, he put the stopper in the drain and began to fill the tub with hot water. I had goosebumps coating my body, but I wasn't sure if it was because I was cold or because Adam had begun to massage my feet and calves.Good thing I shaved yesterday, I thought."Is the water too warm?" He asked me.I shook my head. "It feels nice.""Yeah," he agreed."Don't take my word for it, though. Get in and see for yourself."Did that just come out of my mouth? Did I really just say that?"Tempting," Adam saidPlease say no... that wasn't supposed to come out of my mouth!I stared in horror and admiration as he lifted his shirt over his head and began to undress. What have you done?! I scooted backwards in the spacious tub to give him room to get in. The water sloshed gently as he stepped into the tub and sat down.I pulled my knees up to my chest, but Adam reached out and grabbed my ankles and pulled my feet out to rest in his lap. He began to gently
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"Aren't you hungry?" Xavier sat across the dinner table from Vega and I, watching her stare at her food."It's delicious," she said, pushing a pea across the plate with her fork. "I just don't have an appetite."I, on the other hand, was starving. I had finished the honey-glazed roasted chicken in no time but was still working on the peas and the corn."Do you want this?" Vega asked, handing me her bread roll. I nodded and took it out of her hands."Does Adam not feed you?" Xavier asked in amusement."I didn't eat breakfast," I explained, eating a spoonful of peas. Vega laughed. "I've never seen you devour peas like that."I said nothing as I tore off a piece of bread from the roll. Vega was trying to get on my good side, despite having neglected to apologize. It frustrated me that I could empathize with her, however. I understood the stress she was probably under after her father was kidnapped and I could see where that would cause her to potentially lash out.Despite this, her irr
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I tossed and turned that night. I couldn't fall asleep if it would have saved my life. If only Adam were here.I shook my head and turned over.You don't need him to fall asleep, silly girl. You did it just fine without him for the past twenty years. I sighed. I knew he was mad at me for waiting until that day to bring up my promise to Mrs. Chandler.I should have never let things get as far as they did. It would have been better if I had just mentioned it to him from the beginning. Nonetheless, I had laid awake and seriously considered what would happen if I forgot about the promise like I almost had theday before.I knew, at the end of the day, it didn't matter. I had met the man I was going to be with for the rest of my life, there were no questions about that. I didn't have to worry about him hurting me or leaving me.But there was a knot in my throat at the thought of breaking a promise. You were fourteen, you didn't know what you were doing when you made that promise!But it wa
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