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Chapter seventeen: Friendship

Author: Floral
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Alina’s POV:

The kitchen was surprisingly normal. Wooden counters, a large iron stove, and herbs hanging from the windows like this was someone’s grandma’s house. Not what I expected from a vampire estate.

Xavier—the guy Ryan introduced, slim build, perpetual I-don’t-care expression—was already there, perched on the counter’s edge with a bowl in hand, lazily chewing what looked like cereal

“Look who finally crawled out of her hole,” he said lazily, “Thought you might’ve fainted after your little performance earlier.”

He was referring to the scene I made when I got here— stomping my leg against the wall like a tantruming child, after what happened with Valerian at the cafe, only to turn and find five vampires watching me like I’d lost my mind. I’d muttered a string of curses and bolted upstairs. too upset to feel embarrassed. Dignity? Never met her.

Cerys shot him a look. “Don’t be an ass.”

“I’m not,” he said, mock-offended, though there was a smile pulling at his lips. This was offic
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