Braden walked over to Selena and handed her a small bottle. Instinctively, she pulled back. "What's this?"

"It will help with the effects you're feeling," Braden explained.

Selena's eyes lit up. "Oh, really? Something like that exists?"

Taking the bottle, she inhaled deeply. A refreshing minty scent hit her senses, and soon after, the heaviness in her body and the fog in her mind began to lift.

"Where did you get this? It's amazing," she asked, intrigued.

Braden didn't answer, simply taking the bottle back from her hand.

Selena blinked in surprise. "Wait, you're not giving it to me?"

Braden stayed silent, as usual.

exasperated by his lack of words. She even considered asking Aveline to assign someone else to protect her-someone with a bit more personality. But

swept by, the last traces of her discomfort vanished. She got back into the car

happened. Maria offered to help, but Selena declined. She

her in a strong embrace, holding her so tightly that

patted his back and said, "I'm fine, see? Perfectly okay. You

slightly and

trunk,"

who quickly

basement," Aaron ordered,

from Lucas, right? Go see if you can get anything

help but notice the difference in his demeanor

Braden's retreating figure, she remarked, "Hey, he's totally

tries to get too familiar with you,

Selena was speechless.

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