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guided me to the side of the dining hall by a pretty gardenia bush. I
ignored the goosebumps his touch gave me.
    “Is she okay?”
    “She’s fine, I think … she’s in love —”
    “That’s normal.” He interrupted, slightly
frustrated with me.
    “With a guardian angel.”
    “Oh. Does he —”
    “I guess so. They spend a lot of time
together.”
    Eli brushed his hand through his hair and I
bit my lip, trying to fight back the urge to do it myself.
    “Gabriel?”
    I nodded.
    “I thought you would be able to help me
help them.”
    “Help them? There is no helping them. They
need to stay away from each other, it’s wrong and against the law.”
    “I can’t force them to stay away from each
other, it’s not right … I’m going to find a way out of this.”
    “Ruby, don’t go off on one of your little
missions again. It doesn’t help; you only make things worse for yourself and
others.”
    I flinched at his words but I didn’t bite
back at them. I needed Eli on my side, not against me.
    “Eli, I —”
    “No. Leave it to me. I’ll deal with it.” He
stepped away from me and began walking away.
    “This is why I never told you anything the
first time,” I admitted.
    He stopped in his tracks, turning abruptly
to face me, his hard stare burning into mine.
    “I knew you would leave me out of it and
handle things yourself. I don’t want it to add to your stress. I’ve done enough
damage to you. It was a mistake coming to you for help or advice, forget I said
anything.”
    I didn’t think I would regret telling Eli
about Mila and Gabriel, but I did. Would he tell Mr Aleksandrov? Or report
Gabriel to higher authorities? All this time I was scared of telling Mila my
secrets in case she told someone, perhaps she should be more worried about me
telling her secrets. It hasn’t been half a day and I’ve already told someone.
Does it make it okay if I thought he could help?
    I pushed past Eli but he stopped me by wrapping
his warm hand around my waist. His touch electrified me and my heart raced. I
used all the muscles in my body to keep myself where I was and not hurl my body
at him.
    “You did the right thing by telling me. I’ll
do some research about goddess and guardian angel student relations. I’m sure I
can find a loop hole. It won’t be easy, but at least it’s something. Keep them
away from each other until I get back to you with more information.”
    I nodded. He retracted his hand from my
waist and attached it to my wrist, giving it a quick rub with his thumb.
    “Thank you for telling me. I shouldn’t make
you feel like you can’t tell me anything. I may not be your guardian angel
anymore or bonded by a tattoo, but I’ll always be here for you.”
    “Thank you.”
    I never thought a guy could affect me the
way Eli does. When I’m away from him, I tell myself I’m exaggerating, that I’m
building his looks and his personality up too high, but then I see him again,
hear him again, and he’s even more perfect than I imagined before.
     
    I hadn’t realized my thoughts had brought
me all the way back to my dorm door, unnoticed. The door screeched loudly as I
opened it and stepped in.
    “What the —?” I gasped.
    So far, so bad. Mila and Gabriel were lying
on her bed; Gabriel pulled his face away from hers. His lips glistened in the
light that poured in from the door; lip gloss covered most of his mouth and the
surrounding skin.
    “You need to get out of here now,” I
warned.
    “Ruby!” Mila snapped.
    “Mila, you know the rules.”
    I sounded like Eli. When I first arrived at
SS and Rylan brought my text book back to my dorm, I invited him in, not
knowing the boy/girl policy. If it was up to me, I’d leave and let them finish
whatever it was they were doing or were going to do, but it wasn’t. I told Eli
I’d keep them away from each other and that was something I was going to do.
    Gabriel kissed Mila’s forehead and left the
room, sparing an apologetic glance in my