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~Brielle

I don’t know how I’m going to get anything out of him.

Chase stands when he realises I’m struck speechless from his words. He walks across the sand, looking up at the ceiling of the small cove. I watch him, unsure of what to say to him. If he is going to mess with me, how am I going to get him out of Ren’s head? I struggle to consider that in the moment, however, I try not to let him win already.

“I know where you came from, I know you’re just a demon inside his head that is worth nothing outside that body,” I tell him firmly. Chase turns and looks at me, confused expression on his face, as if he can’t quite believe I said those words to him.

“Well that’s not very nice of you, is it?” Chase says slowly. I can’t tell if he is offended of not. He doesn’t like to give anything away.

I don’t like that.

Chase strides across the sand back toward the shore line. From here, I can secretly see why all the girls were so excited to swim with him, and why they were all blushing and