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328 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 9, 2012
The more I looked, the more information I collected for Ethan, which helped muffle the ache in my heart from his absence. So long as I focused on the research, I felt like a small part of him was still with me.
Drystan was an open book with hidden passages.
*I'd barely made it to the third floor landing when I saw Drystan grab hold of the metal railing just below me, then vault into the air. Curling up and over the stairwell turn, he shot like a bullet down to the second floor, skipping an entire flight of stairs with his pivoting move. (...) With furious determination hardening his face, he took off from the second floor toward the first floor in a similar fashion. Partway into his swing around the turn in the stairwell, he spread his legs and caught himself against the opposite wall in a fast halt. I blinked at the show of upper-body strength he'd displayed, hanging for a split second above the stairs, before he pushed off the wall with this other leg. In a backward curling motion worthy of a seasoned gymnast, he swung his body back around, grabbing on to the bend of the stairwell's railing like parallel bars.
Every bone in my body melted at the heated look in his gaze as he stared at my lips with hungry intent. But instead of kissing me, he pressed his lips tenderly to my forehead and spoke in a desperate whisper, "You totally break me apart, Nara. You're the only one who has the power to do that. You consume me." I wrapped my arms around his waist and met his tortured gaze, hoping he saw all the love I felt for him reflected in my eyes.
"I'm the light, Drystan. I'll be fine." I started to turn, but Drystan clasped my wrist. "If there's enough darkness, even light can be completely consumed by it, Nara." "Not if it's the brightest kind of darkness."
Though Ethan hadn't said a word, I'd felt his emotions. His kiss had been intimate and boldly possessive, as if he'd just branded me, and an overwhelming, tender, "I claim you" message settled in my heart. You're mine too, Ethan."