Nicholas shook his head. “I’m protective of you and Elva. Those instincts have nothing to do with

whether or not I trust you.”

I wanted to believe that, but if it was true, then why did he hesitate?

“I’ve been alone a long time, and I’ve gotten by just fine.” The words emerge from a place of hurt. He cut

me by not trusting me. How did he think I had survived these past three years?

what to keep you

“Is it so wrong for me to safe?” Nicholas’s brow crinkled in confusion. His frown was

heavy set.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

I placed a hand over my aching heart. “Because you won’t be with me forever, Nick. If I get used to your

let myself relax, how will I ever go back to how things were before? I need

self–sustaining so that when this fantasy ends,

in his face shifted into a scrunched up sort of pain. Sorrow darkened his

with that,” he said, but the bitter tone of

the hand life had given us, and we’d made our choices. With this competition, I was

would have to wake up from. Nicholas, however, was stuck

not love to fulfill his parents‘ expectations

barely a whisper. “But while you are here, I

need your

Piper. I’m giving it to you because I

arms. I wasn’t thrilled with his reasoning, but I couldn’t tell him what to do And even

hurt me, he

way that I could convince

and I was able to look out for

Ineade

o be w

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