is se d y o u… and c a lle d y o u h is d arlin g a nd h is
s w eeth eart a nd h is p rin ce ss? A nd w ho h as la ughed w ith
y o u w ith h is e ye s d ancin g w ith m is ch ie f? A nd w ho’s
h e ld
y o u w hen y o u w ere fr ig hte ned, a nd to ld y o u th ere w as
n oth in g to b e a fr a id o f, n ot w hile h e w as th ere ? S om eone
y o u o nly h ad to g la nce a t to k n ow w hat h e w as th in kin g?
S om eone w ho h as p ro te cte d y o u, n o m atte r w hat th e c o st to
h im se lf, fo r d ays o n e nd?
I k n ow D am on. I k n ow h is fa ults , b ut I a ls o k n ow w hat h e’s
lik e in sid e. A nd h e’s n ot w hat h e w ants p eople to th in k h e is .
H e’s n ot c o ld , o r a rro gant, o r c ru el. T hose a re fa ça des h e
p uts o n to c o ve r h im se lf, lik e c lo th es.
T he p ro ble m is th at I’m n ot s u re
h e
kn ows h e is n ’t a ny o f
th ese th in gs. A nd r ig ht n ow h e’s a ll m ix e d-u p. H e m ig ht
c h ange a nd b eco m e a ll o f th em — beca use h e’s s o
c o nfu se d.
W hat I’m tr y in g to s a y is , th at m orn in g o nly D am on w as
re ally a wake . H e w as th e o nly o ne w ho s a w th e b ouquet.
A nd o ne o f th e th in gs D am on d efin ite ly
is ,
is c u rio us.
S o h e u nwra pped a ll th e m agic a l w ard s fr o m it a nd it h ad a
s in gle p itc h -b la ck r o se in th e c e nte r. D am on h as b een
tr y in g to fin d a b la ck r o se fo r y e ars , ju st to a dm ir e it, I th in k.
B ut w hen h e s a w th is o ne h e s m elle d it… and
b oom !
The
ro se d is a ppeare d!
A nd s u ddenly h e w as s ic k a nd d iz zy a nd h e c o uld n’t s m ell
a nyth in g
and a ll h is o th er s e nse s w ere d ulle d a s w ell. T hat
w as w hen S age— oh, I h ave n’t e ve n m entio ned S age, b ut
h e’s a ta ll b ro nze g org eous h unk o f a v a m pir e w ho’s b een
s u ch a g ood fr ie nd to a ll o f u s— to ld h im to s u ck in a ir a nd
to h old it, to p ush it d own in to h is lu ngs.
H um ans h ave to b re ath e th at w ay, y o u s e e.
I d on’t k n ow h ow lo ng it to
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