Cursed by Love

and my mind was full of a million questions. Who was that guy? Why was everyone suddenly so interested in me and this "curse"? It

found. Probably off running errands, which was just as well. I ne

ong, frustrated sigh. Everything felt... too much. Between Damien's cryptic war

ch, but hey, it would be nice if it were something simple like that. But no, this was my life now: creepy visio

ough my messages. Nothing new, exce

t heard from u in like...f

the mood, even when she had no idea what

... been busy with some weird st

uff. That was one

nd. Maybe I could just pretend none of this was happening. Maybe if I ignore

on

s a knock on the door. My stomach flipped. Could

ou know, because somehow tiptoeing would make me less noticeable to whoever was

idn't ord

uy flashed me a grin. "One l

, I didn't ord

ed the receipt. "You're T

ng weird. "Yeah, but

he was. Damien. Standing on my front porch like it was no big deal

ving me a nod. "I thought you might n

hout another word, leaving me standing there

he middle of the night talking about curses an

pizza. Thought it might make

as so absurd. "Okay, fine. But you better have so

nst the wall, looking more relaxed than I'd ever seen him. He was still ridicu

id, my mouth full. "Start talking. What's the deal with thi

, Talia. That's why. The power inside you-it's rare, and dangerous. There are people out the

tfully. "I didn't ask for this. Can't I jus

at sent a weird thrill through

, what am I supposed to do? Just wait around for

y I'm here. To help you. You need to learn how to control the p

is wasn't just some random bad dream or weird coincidence

owing hard. "How do I

who you are. You're not just a normal girl anymore, Talia. You're connected to s

ing my eyes. "I'm supposed to just... accept that

"I know it's a lot. But you don't have to go

hing about him that made me want to trust him. Maybe it was the way he looked at me, like he under

'learning to control my powers' thing a try. But no more creepy

ain, a real laugh

my life was probably going to get a lot more complicated from here on out. But at l