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"That was pretty romantic," Callie said, rolling onto her stomach to look at her. Sarah nodded in agreement. Amelia snorted. "I guess in a suicidal way it is."
"It's what I love about humans, they're willing to give their lives for the things they care about most," Callie said sighing. "I wonder if Pogue would kill himself to save me."
"This from the girl who wanted to go home not even six months ago," Amelia rolled her eyes.
"If Reid dies though," Sarah said quietly, "that's the end of the third bloodline."
Amelia closed her magazine and turned to Sarah as her words sank in. "Yes, it would be." Worry crept into her voice. "You don't think he'll try anything do you? I mean, you don't think he'll do something stupid when none of us are around?"
"Well, he's back home in Ipswich right now, so I don't think you have to worry," Sarah said over her shoulder as she looked herself over in her mirror. Callie bit her lip. "What I'm worried about is Jesse. He just up and left without a word. He has to be up to something."
"He's probably off starting a war somewhere," Amelia muttered. Callie nodded before adding, "or he's planning some elaborate sneak attack."
"No, that would be something you would do," Amelia corrected, "He's too rash."
"This is true," Callie stared at her reflection in the mirror. "I really hope we get through this."
"I just hope Reid will be okay once the shit hits the fan," Sarah replied. Amelia hugged a pillow close to her chest. "Me, too."
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Reid stood at the lake's edge, staring out at the trees. By distancing himself from Amelia, he was able to think more clearly. He needed to be able to think clearly in order to figure out a way to get them out of this mess. Plus, if he died……….well, as long as Amelia was safe it wouldn't matter. He skipped a rock across the water's smooth surface.
As darkness took over Reid walked back inside. Amelia was sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace.
"You shouldn't be here," he said as he closed the sliding glass door, "Jesse might come looking for you."
"We don't know where he is and Sarah and Caleb promised that if he didn't return Caleb would come get me and take me to Sarah's so he would think I was staying at her place."
"Why are you here," he asked, trying to sound uncaring. "Reid if you die," she said slowly, "the third bloodline in the covenant dies."
"I'm aware of this," he said, walking into his bedroom. He didn't bother to look to see if she had followed him and began to change into a pair of sweat. "Reid."
He turned to see her standing before him, tears in her eyes. She put on hand against his chest and leaned up to kiss him. Reid felt dazed, his head was spinning. He pulled away from her and sat down on the bed. "Why are you here?" he asked again. She brushed his hair out of his eyes. "I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen."
When her words finally sank in, he turned away from her. "No, Amelia."
"Reid, please," she said through her tears. She leaned her head against his back and wrapped her arms around him. "This way, if anything does happen I still have a piece of you." She shook against him. "I love you too much, to be without you. If you won't do this for me, for us-" She tightened her hold on him. "If you go, I go with you."
Reid turned. He grabbed a hold of her by the arms and pulled her up to him, kissing her fiercely. He pulled away from her, shaking his head. "No, I can't do this."
She shoved him, suddenly angry. "Yes, you can, Reid."
"No, I can't," he yelled back, causing her to shove him again. "For someone who's so bent on dying to prove his love for something, you're not doing a very good job of showing-"
He shoved her against the wall, knocking the wind from her and covered her mouth with his. He ripped at her shirt, the torn fabric falling away from her and she pulled him, her hand curling at the nape of his neck. He threw her down against the bed and stared at her and pulled him down with her, crushing him against her. Her urgency clawed at his insides, burning him. "I love you," she whispered into his neck and for a moment, Reid couldn't breathe. All he could do was kiss her and hold her close to him, trying hard no to think of the world crashing down around them.
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Reid stared at the still form beside him. Amelia's arm was curled around him, her head resting on his chest. He ran his fingers up and down her spine and she emitted a small sigh. "Stop staring at me. I can't sleep when you're staring at me."
"Well, I can't sleep period," he replied, mussing her hair. She smiled momentarily and looked up at him. "It'll be okay."
"How do you know?" he asked, pulling the covers up around them. She buried her face in his bare chest, breathing in his scent. "Because you can't leave me. Not again." She looked up at him with wide eyes and he twirled a strand of her hair in his fingers absently. Rather than look at her he stared ahead at the wall. "You have to promise me, that when everything happens you won't be there. That if I don't-"
"Reid."
"If you have to, I want you to run," he finished, "Promise me, you will."
She nodded and he kissed her, pulling her up to him. She held on to him tightly. "I don't want tomorrow to come."
He brushed her hair from her shoulder and kissed it. "I know."
He kissed her on the lips, softly. "But the night's not over yet."
She grinned. "No, it's not."
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