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didn’t wake until way past noon.
     
     

Chapter
Three
     
     
    I was
sore as hell and had a hard time keeping my eyes open as Jaime
drove along the highway. I almost dozed off a few times, earning me
an “I told you so” look from Jaime when I caught his gaze. Okay, he
definitely wasn’t a kitty cat. He was a ravenous beast. I was glad
my pickiness about deflower-worthy candidates had led me to
him.
    My first
time was memorable.
    The
second, third and fourth ones were mind-bendingly
explosive.
    Being
with Jaime was magical. Now that I was well-fucked and sated, I had
to come clean to him. I didn’t know how he was going to take it.
But if he loved me as much as he told me, it shouldn’t matter. I’m
still the same Aine, minus not being human and the whole faery
thingy going. I was sure I could conceive and give him children,
but I wouldn’t age as humans would. Faeries were blessed with
longevity and youthful appearance. Though we weren’t truly
immortal, a faery could live beyond several millennia. Our
half-blood children would be granted the same gifts, but less
powerful in wielding magic.
    I threw
him a weak smile and brushed his arm lovingly. “Will you stay with
me for better or for worse?”
    Jaime
looked surprised by my question. “Of course I will. Why do you ask
me that?”
    “ Just curious.”
    He
frowned slightly. Then he patted me on the head. He had a strange
way of expressing his affection. Jaime was an introverted man. If
he said he loved me, I shouldn’t have questioned his
sincerity.
    The
traffic on the highway was pretty sparse despite the rush hour
people going home from work. The sky looked dark already. Black
clouds were pregnant with rain. A few droplets hit the windshield.
Then a steady drizzle poured.
    “ Your boss okay that you just skipped off work like this?” I
asked him.
    “ I called in yesterday. I told chief I have a family
emergency.”
    “ Oh.” I waved my iPhone. “Everybody on Facebook wondered where
you and I went.”
    He turned
sharply. “Did you tell anybody?”
    “ No. I thought we’re going AWOL. What’s the point of playing
hooky if we announce it to the world?”
    Jaime
looked relieved.
    I rolled
my eyes. “Jaime, I’m not that stupid.”
    “ But you’re so gullible and naïve.”
    Look
who’s talking. I was anything but gullible and naïve. Faerykin were
mischievous. Most of us were cunning and self-serving.
    “ Aine, do you remember anything about these people chasing
you?”
    I
stiffened, uncomfortable. Should I confess now? But I hadn’t gotten
a ring on my finger. After a brief consideration, I decided I
should stall a little bit longer. I’m a bad girl, I
know.
    I chose
my words carefully. “They aren’t human.”
    His jaw
twitched. His eyes focused on the road. A brief silence stretched
between us. “If they aren’t human, what are they? Ghosts? Robots
from the future?”
    “ Like Terminators?” I snorted. “Dude, they were dressed in
britches and cloaks.”
    “ Normal people don’t just appear and disappear.”
    Well,
actually, that was common faery magic. “Maybe they’re wizards. Like
Harry Potter.”
    It was
Jaime’s turn to snort.
    “ Okay. What’s your theory?”
    “ I don’t know, Aine. All I know is that I have to take you to a
safe place for now. We’ll figure out the rest later.”
    Jaime
wasn’t the type of man who liked to wing it. He had a little bit of
OCD in him. Anal retentive to the heart. I was sure he had plans,
but he just didn’t feel like sharing it with me.
    He
glanced at me. “Why don’t you take a nap? We have quite a drive
ahead…” He slammed on the brake. “Shit!”
    Our car
rammed against an invisible barrier. A misty fog shielded dark,
translucent figures in front of us. My seatbelt prevented me from
crashing through the windshield, but the air bags broke, and
suddenly my face was smothered by whiteness.
    I
couldn’t breathe. My arms flailed. Panic surged.
    Darkness
engulfed me.
    *