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

how will I ever go back to how things were before? I need to stay

self–sustaining so that when this fantasy ends, I can continue on

shifted into a scrunched up

bitter tone of his voice made it

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

dream that someday I would have to wake up from. Nicholas, however,

did not love to fulfill

then, barely a whisper. “But while

need your protection.”

it, Piper. I’m giving it to you

with his reasoning, but I couldn’t

hurt me, he still seemed set

that I could

and I was able to look out for myself and for Elve

Ineade

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