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can’t handle more of this
    arguing. I am nervous and freaking
    out already. I don’t need anyone
    making it worse.”
    “She’ll be fine, Owen. We’ll only
    be upstairs.” Mayanne touched my
    arm reassuringly. “You know I’d
    never hurt her.”
    “I know…”
    Georgina repeated Mayanne’s
    words. “She will be fine.”
    Before Levi could join in and
    agree with the two women, I cut
    him off. “I know she will be fine, but
    that doesn’t mean I want to leave
    her.”
    “It’s not leaving me if I’m asking
    you to wait here.” Daisy’s face
    softened. “And I expect you to be
    waiting when we’re done.”
    “Of course.” I smiled. She was
    the one going through the most
    physically. I owed it to her to hold
    myself together. I needed to be
    strong. “I’ll be right here.”
    “Come on, hun.” Mayanne put a
    hand on Daisy’s back and led her
    toward the doorway.
    I had to fight the urge to follow.
    As soon as they disappeared I
    turned back to Violet. “What is
    really going on?”
    “We already told you. We’re
    here to help.” Violet rolled her eyes.
    “But why?” I pressed. “Why are
    you helping?”
    “Because I like Daisy.”
    “But you can’t even feel. You
    can’t actually care.”
    “I’m not heartless.” Violet
    sighed. “I may not be able to feel
    true emotion, but that doesn’t
    mean I can’t feel others’. There’s an
    intensity in Daisy.” She looked off.
    “Her love for Owen is strong.”
    Georgina smiled warmly. “It’s
    strong enough that it got your
    attention.”
    “It’s what’s keeping her fighting
    the change, isn’t it?” Violet turned
    to Georgina. “Otherwise she’d have
    given in.”
    Georgina nodded. “I’m sure
    there is more at work. She loves
    her family I have no doubt, but her
    feelings for Owen are intense,
    maybe part of that originated from
    the way they met or the magic she
    was exposed to, but it doesn’t
    matter now. Her heart is what it is.”
    “That kind of love is rare.” Hugh
    rocked back on his heels. “It’s hard
    not to play with it.”
    Violet glared at him. “You will
    not make things any harder than
    they already are for her. No one
    will.”
    Hugh scrunched up his face. “It’s
    almost pathetic.”
    My hands balled into fists. “Shut
    up.”
    “You’re lucky we left Roland
    behind.” Hugh grinned. “You’d be
    even more annoyed at him.”
    “Where is he?” I had to ask.
    “I guess leaving him behind is
    making it sound nicer than it was.”
    Hugh stuffed his hands in his
    pockets.
    “Meaning?” Levi asked. He’d
    been unusually quiet.
    “Meaning we had to use force.
    He’s drawn to her, but we couldn’t
    have him getting in the way.”
    “You used force against your
    own?” Levi seemed surprised. Very
    little surprised him.
    “As if you should talk? You have
    imprisoned Pterons before.”
    “Not my friends.”
    “Maybe not your social friends,
    but friends of The Society.”
    “You have him imprisoned?” I
    asked. “That seems extreme even
    for you.”
    “Not imprisoned so much as
    distracted.”
    “What does that mean?” Levi
    stepped toward them.
    “Why so curious?” Violet asked.
    “Looking for new ways to control
    your people?”
    “No.”
    “Oh.” Violet crossed her arms.
    “Got it. You want to know how to
    subdue an Allure. Now that we’re
    back, you’re worried.”
    “We’re not worried.” He
    straightened out. Violet had him
    ruffled.
    “You are. You don’t know what
    to do now that older, stronger
    creatures are in your midst.”
    “He is not worried.” Georgina
    stepped between her grandson and
    the Allures. “The King of The
    Society does not fear others. He is
    only doing his job. Protecting his
    people.”
    “I like you.” Violet studied
    Georgina. “Why aren’t you in
    charge?”
    “Because she’s human,” Hugh
    said matter-of-factly. “A human
    would never be put in charge of the
    Society.”
    “Our mates still play a major
    role in our decision