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"Valentina doesn't know much, nor if she did would she share it with me" Jasmine looked glumly at us. Alek was resting his head on the top of mine, standing behind my with his arms wrapped around my waist.
"Very helpful Jasmine, I'm so glad you made this visit." Alek exclaimed in a sarcastic tone. Jasmine shot him a sideways glance.
"What is worrying you Jasmine?" I asked outstretching my hand to touch hers on the kitchen bench. She let out a long sigh.
"I don't think that Valentina is being completely honest with us."
"Valentina has always looked out for herself, so it doesn't surprise me in the least." Alek said with a narrowed gaze.
"Alek!"I nudged him. He just shrugged.
"Well we are not going to be able to understand what is really going on staying out here." Jasmine began. "I'm taking you home Chloe."
"And what about the order?" Alek asked slightly tensing his arms around my waist.
"In case you had forgotten they have Chloe's name at the top of their to kill list."
"I am well aware" Jasmine narrowed her eyes at him "Alek' she almost spat out his name. "But everyone is going to start to wonder where Chloe is, and then the order will start to search outside of San Francisco. That would not only compromise many other Mai's lives but also put them on the direct path to you two." Both cousins were glaring at each other.
"Jasmine, is it safe?" I know that I would be able be ok as long as I stick with the Mai, but what about everybody else that I care about.
"Yes" Jasmine said with a nod of her head. She understood what I was getting at. "We should wait until dark, and then start heading back" I nodded in agreement.
"And I clearly don't have a say in this." Alek was clearly pissed.
"Its in the best interest of Chloe" Jasmine explained, glancing sideways at me to give a soft smile.
"And since when did you get the power to decide what was in the best interest of Chloe?"
"Since your senses have been clouded by romance!" Jasmine was grinding her teeth. She had her hands folded across her chest, never a good sign when it came to Jasmine's rage level.
"I'm sorry but I think your forgetting the third mai in this room." I was switching my glances between the cousins. "I know what is in my best interests, and I think Jasmine is right."
"What?" Alek exclaimed rather hurt.
"I can't stay in hiding. I am supposed to be the Uniter." I touched his right arm. "Right now we need to regroup and join our forces, so that we may beat the order. So that I can finally go back to being normal."
"You won't ever be normal, Chloe" Jasmine said, shaking her head slightly.
"Well as normal as I can get." I gave a slight shrug. Looking into Aleks eyes I knew he didn't understand, but hopefully he respected my decision. Alek took my hand and led me into bedroom. As soon as the door was closed, he pushed me up against the wall and claimed my lips. When we finally broke apart he rested his forehead on mine.
"I'm going to miss this," he whispered in a hushed tone.
"Things aren't going to change Alek" I tried to reassure him. He sighed.
"I know that you may think that, but once we return home the changes that occurred when we were away may not seem that big a deal anymore."
"They are a big deal Alek" I kissed him softly on the lips.
"Its just that…there will be a lot of questions."
"Then we will answer them."
"And we'll get weird looks"
"So what?" I said with a slight shrug.
"I'll hardly get to see you with all the plan making"
"You are my protector, we are stuck together like glue" I gave him a slight squeeze.
"And..."
"Look Alek if you want to leave everything between us here then that's ok." I didn't mean it, but I tried to keep a steady voice.
"Why would you think that?" He took a step back with a shocked expression.
"How can I possibly not think that?" I raised my left eyebrow. "You're talking about changes, and people not accepting us. How else am I supposed to interpret it?" I was standing with my hands on my hips now. I pursed my lips, in wait for his response. Alek began to move closer again.
"So your in then?" He asked sounding unsure.
"In?" What was he talking about, am I in? Into this thing between us, into forgetting what happened, what was felt, what we did or…well almost did?
"Into exploring deeper this thing between us."
"Thing? You make us sound like an old romantic novel." I tried to look confused, but I was teasing him. Alek lifted me off of the ground so that I was at the same height as him.
"You're going to be the death of me Chloe King, I just know it." And with those words he kissed me, but this time it was different. I could almost feel the hope, and desire mixed into one. Hope for a future, with the only man I could have a future with.
Hey Readers thank you for all of the kind reviews and support. I'd love to hear what you think of this chapter, and how you like the story as a whole. Am I missing out on something, which you would love to read. There are going to be some very intimate scenes coming up. I thought I should warn you, to prepare you a little bit. ; ) Happy reading.