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him to come with me, that I needed him, not to protect me but to be with me, but the anger in his eyes made the words dry up in my mouth. I closed my eyes, imagined my bedroom, back in the fort and stepped through.
    Seth had evidently communicated with Lucas, as the next second he burst into the room. He took in my blood stained skirt, my stunned face and he didn’t even hesitate, he quickly crossed the gap between us and took me in his arms, hugging me tight. I hugged him back, the tears that I had held onto, streaming down my cheeks
    Why couldn’t Seth feel me like Lucas could, why was Lucas so in tune with how I felt and what I needed, whereas my love, my heart had no clue that after another near attempt on my life I just wanted to be held?
    Lucas released me as Quinn burst through the door. He slammed into me so hard he almost knocked me over, holding me tight against him. My brother got it too. Quinn gave the best hugs; big, brotherly, bear hugs that made me feel so safe and loved. It was also something to do with his smell too, kind of salty, like the smell of sea water. He had smelt like that when he was my dog too, so when he hugged me, it was a reminder of his constant presence from my childhood, familiar and safe.
    ‘It’s really not much fun being you at the moment is it?’ Quinn said, sadly.
    I shook my head and he led me over to the bed, I sat down on the edge, with Lucas and Quinn either side of me.
    ‘How did they know it was me? We were so careful, checking in under different names. She had that knife in there before she even met me, she must have known the whole time, even when Seth booked the massage that it was for me.’
    Lucas sighed. ‘I think that was our fault, we wanted to make sure you were safe. We hired out the house, we told the hotel we didn’t want anyone near there. It obviously started raising their suspicions and anyone who knows of you, the Putarians, would have been on red alert straight away. We’ve not tried to go incognito before, it seems we aren’t very good at it. The fact that you didn’t come from the airport, but just turned up at the hotel would have confirmed their suspicions, especially as they know you can slide. I’m sorry Eve.’
    I sighed. ‘I can’t believe so many people want me dead.’
    ‘It’s not that, I mean yes the Putarians want you dead, but it’s the bounty on your head, it’s so high that even people who had no interest in you before are suddenly very interested. Not everyone knows of the prophecies, that you will save the world, and many who do don’t believe the end of the world is coming, so the money is very attractive. And everyone who knows of you, knows what you look like. The Putarians have seen to that, so that anyone who wants to collect the bounty can have a go.’
    ‘How much is the bounty?’ I asked, idly. Not that it mattered.
    ‘Currently seven million pounds but it goes up every day.’
    ‘Seven million! Are you kidding? Seven million to kill me?’
    Lucas nodded, sadly.
    ‘Wow, I’d be tempted to kill me for that,’ I muttered.
    Lucas looked confused.
    ‘Quinn imagine what you could get for that, you and Lucas could do away with me right now and buy your own island in the middle of the Caribbean for that. Go on, I won’t judge you, just make it quick and painless.’
    Quinn smiled dryly.
    I shook my head. ‘She wasn’t a bounty hunter anyway, she was one of them, a Putarian. You should have seen how she looked at me, when she was massaging me, she looked so repulsed, like she was going to throw up just because she was touching me.’
    ‘Yeah some Putarians are very extreme, they really hate anything that isn’t pure,’ Lucas said. ‘Persia and her family had to move twice in Wales because the Putarians found them. It really was like a witch hunt from the seventeenth century, they literally came at them with burning torches one night, set fire to their house, killed all their animals. The second time they were much