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A Vampiric Kiss 47
47Isabella.I was curled up on the window seat in the cottage, fresh tea in hand and sunlight spilling through the glass like something out of a cheesy Hallmark movie. I’d even written three good paragraphs that morning, which, considering the creative drought I’d been living in, felt like a miracle.Then my phone buzzed.Unknown Number.I stared at it for a second longer than I should have.I almost didn’t answer, but something in my gut told me this wasn’t the kind of call you ignore.I swiped and pressed it to my ear.“Hello?”A pause. Then came a voice I hadn’t heard in years.“Isabella. It’s Dani.”I blinked. “Dani… Dani Morgan?”“Yeah. It’s me.”I stood up, pacing before I realized I was doing it. “Wow. Uh. It’s been a while.”“Two years,” she said. “Maybe three.”That was accurate. Dani had been one of the assistants at Harper Quinn during my short-lived dance with traditional publishing. She wasn’t important enough to stop what happened, but she was nice.“I heard you were in
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46I wasn’t used to people getting under my skin and staying there. Most didn’t even make it through the surface. But Isaac, that man had carved out a little space in my thoughts and was now living there rent-free, feet up, smirking like he knew exactly what he was doing.It was annoying. Mostly because I couldn’t convince myself I hated it.I kept telling myself it was just residual tension, a leftover reaction from all the magic and fire and the strange gravitational pull that had stirred in the clearing. I’d been startled. That was all. Nothing more.Still, I caught myself thinking about the way he’d looked at me before he said “Truce.” Like he meant it.I shook the thought off as I unlocked the door to the apothecary.The bell above the door jingled softly. The shop still smelled like lavender and sage, and everything was where I had left it, the shelves lined with labeled jars, the bundles of herbs hanging upside down in the corner, and the sun filtering in through the dusty fron
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45SiennaThe forest was louder than usual.Not in a a dangerous way. There were no wolves howling or wind shrieking through the trees. It was just… louder. Like everything had its volume turned up slightly. Every branch that cracked under my boots. Every rustle of leaves behind me. Even the birds sounded like they were announcing something I hadn’t been told.I tried to ignore it.I headed toward the riverbend,where the moss grows thick and the wild mint hides between rocks. I needed a few things, and early morning was the best time to harvest them. That was the excuse I told myself, anyway.The real reason?I needed space.I needed quiet.And, maybe, I needed to move.Still, I felt him before I heard him.Isaac.Persistent, silver-eyed, frustrating as hell.He was trailing me again. I didn’t have to see him to know it. The man walked like sin, he walked smoothly, very deliberate, a little too quiet to be casual. Which would’ve been impressive if it wasn’t so damn obvious.I stopped
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G4NoahThere were a hundred things I could say to her right now.I’d rehearsed every version of this moment in my head, each word polished, each excuse rounded off to sound a little less like the truth. But the second I saw her, barefoot, hair loose, curled on the edge of the bed like she was trying not to take up space, every line I’d planned vanished.She looked up at me and smiled softly.I sat beside her, careful to leave space between us. I’ve learned to give her that, even when it goes against every instinct I have.She hugged her knees tighter. “You’ve been MIA.”“Yeah. I’m sorry.”“You okay?”I could’ve lied and could’ve said I was tired, or distracted, or anything else that didn’t matter. But something about tonight made lying feel wrong.“No,” I said.She waited for me to talk.“There’s something I’ve been trying to say,” I continued, staring at the floor.“Okay.”“I’ve done things,” I admitted quietly. “Things I can’t undo.”She tilted her head. “Same.”I turned to her.Sh
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4Sienna. The candle lit itself.I could swear on every herb in my apothecary that I didn’t touch it. I didn’t whisper anything, I didn’t even think about fire.One second I was reaching for the matchbox, the next second...fwoom. It gave a soft orange glow, flickering peacefully on my kitchen table like it hadn’t just broken three laws of physics and everything I understood about my control.I froze, hand still hovering in the air.The flame danced normally, and not in a suspicious, shady, kind of way. Like candles lit themselves all the time when I had emotional whiplash and a headache from hell.I blinked at it.“Okay,” I said aloud. “That’s… new.”I looked around, because apparently I thought someone might’ve seen it, even though I lived alone, deep in the woods, with no windows facing this corner of the cottage. The only witness was my tea mug, and if it was human, I was sure it would had looked just as shocked as I felt.I took a slow breath and leaned forward, studying the flame
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42IsaacShe didn’t know I was here. Or maybe she did and just didn’t care about my presence. Either way,I watched walk through the trees like they belong to her. Like the wind bends to her mood and the earth rearranges itself under her boots.I continued watching her as she moves with intention. Not like a predator, but like someone who knew she was being watched but refuses to flinch. It was infuriating. And, yeah, kind of impressive.She stopoed near the edge of the creek, crouching low to inspect some plant I couldn’t recognize. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, then snipped a leaf off with a tiny pair of scissors from her belt pouch. The whole process was precise and pleasing to watch. Like a spell disguised as gardening.I leaned against a tree a few yards away from where she was, arms folded.She hummed as she was gardening. It was low,soft but almost off-key. I’d say it was cute if I didn’t already know how fast she could light a man on fire with her fingertips.As s
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