A Decade Mistaken

ously say, "Jace, if she likes it, ju

I'm taking back what's mine, and now

ened, and she bit her lowe

ded it to me, his voice cold as he spoke, "Here'

of me, saying, "Do you

e repeated,

tossed it into the nearby trash can, laughing and saying, "Do

else, but Xenia tugged at h

ating figures, and as my earlier stre

his tall frame to shield me from the scene not far away

, both silently aware of each o

ed up, my eyes barely re

his eyes. I asked softly, "Do you have an

aback, saying, "Why

nestly, quietly wai

ngs about Colin, which were he was very tall, his

ouch of regret and said,

d that, my face f

uestion. If it had been me who carried you out of the fire

ke fireworks, and I beg

school, the kids in the neighborhood

tunately running a fe

alled, "Sandra, why aren't you co

eep for a while," I was burning

I opened my eyes, I found myself surrounded by flames

nother house drinking, while Jace and the other

cape, but the doorknob was scalding hot. In my panic, I inhaled a few deep breaths of smoke o

ed, the last thing I fe

guely heard a hoarse voice of a youn

s gradually revealed

d for Jace. Around the corner, I ran into Jace with a bandaged wrist

"Colin just got back last night, but he

urmoil inside me and said

ed that guy, I thought I'd let him have

ist? I stared into Colin's eyes, confusio

y gaze at all, instead teasing

e to thank you?" I

his face hidden in the dim light,

my ear, and after a long pause, he spoke with a