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151 Ava: The Truth Comes Out (1)
151 Ava: The Truth Comes Out (I)
“Ava?”
Disoriented after returning to Lisa’s apartment, I can only blink as Lucas steps inside, looking concerned.
“Hi.” The greeting feels stilted, but I’m still regaining my bearings.
There’s something about Sister Miriam’s talk about payment that bothers my mind, trying to pry loose some memory–but I shove it aside, needing to focus on the man in front of me.
It’s dark in the apartment, but the TV is still going. Selene shakes herself before heading to the couch, leaving me with the soft impression of her presence in my head.
“You didn’t answer your phone,” Lucas explains,
looking a little awkward as he stands there in the doorway.
“I didn’t hear it.” Now that he’s in front of me, the idea
of telling him everything… Is a lot harder.
It isn’t that I don’t want to, but that it’s just–how do
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you even approach this kind of conversation?
Especially knowing how much responsibility weighs on his shoulders.
But leaving him in the dark isn’t an option.
“I brought dinner.” But his hands are empty, which he only seems to realize at this moment. “Shit. I left it in
the car.”
quick to assure him, my stomach curdling at the thought of even adding a single sip of water to it.
not hungry,
stand there like an
to step toward
hand.
on like
did I ever doubt this man?
were reasons, Selene mutters in
think they matter to you
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to the couch like a puppy, and I have to stifle a laugh when he stands there, not sure where
scoots into the corner of the couch with a little side–eye, but she gives a slight tail wag to Lucas
you doing
I answer cheerfully, and my eyes widen at the blunt honestly coming out
happy I sound while admitting to not doing
be concerned, too. Hell, I am
me, and I
Shit.
speak any untruths when I’ve eaten Fae food.
that what Sister Miriam
groan internally even as my mouth takes off
guilty over Lisa being kidnapped,
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to Sister Miriam behind your back, and didn’t tell you everything. I have too many secrets and don’t know how to
of mine. The force of his glare is intense, causing my heart to thump wildly in my chest.
the fuck are
I try to say, but his hand muffles
and he loosens his grip on my face just a
I say
enough to
Selene air snaps in his direction, her hackles up.
will. I am, for the time being, unable to lie.” Scowling, I smack
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no filter.”
his face fades to confusion.
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