Chapter 29

*****Strix’s perspective*****

Meeting Taylor and Phoenix was something I never expected. I had never met a witch or fairy before. They both smelled delicious, almost as good as Shawn smelled. I wondered if I was fated to them as well. Not that I am completely sure of this mate bond thing anyway. I asked Scott to get me some books about it so I could find out more about it.

I was amazed that I couldn’t smell them when they came to the house. They must have figured out that I wanted to drain them after they found me at school and masked their scents. That was a good call on their part. Shawn keeps telling me that once we complete the bond I won’t have this issue anymore. That the bond would help take the blood lust away. I’m not sure I believed him. But maybe, just maybe, I would think about it. I still wanted more information on mate bonds.

“Hey there Princess! Are you going to hear the speaker today?”

“Yeah. You’re coming too, right” I asked.

“Of course, I wouldn’t miss it,” responded Tom.

“I’m meeting my brother and some friends there. You know some of them.”

“Cool, maybe I’ll sit with you guys. I’m going to be a little late; my class doesn’t get out ‘til 1:30 and it starts at 1 doesn’t it?”

“Yeah, it does. I’ll save you a seat.”

“Thanks. Late.”

“Later.”

I will definitely be saving him a seat. He is so cute. If I didn’t know better I would think he was a vampire. The way he just draws you to him. That’s how people are to us. Drawn like magnets. Like magnets to a fridge. And now I’m a magnet drawn to two things. First to that scent so beautiful and pure that keeps haunting me, Shawn. And second to Tom, Tom and all his beauty.

I still have a half hour. I think I’ll go online. I need to check my messages.

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“Hey Alice. Are you ready?” I asked.

“Yep. Have you seen Chris?”

“He was in class earlier. He should be here shortly.”

“Okay.”

“See, here he comes now.”

“Chris, I missed you!”

“We had class together just this morning, babe.”

“I know, but I missed you for the last couple hours.”

“I missed you too, babe.” And they started making out.

“Knock it off you two. I don’t want to see that or hear it either.”

“Okay, okay,” they said together.

“Oh, Kyle, thank God you’re here. The love birds are getting too lovey over here.”

“I see that. You guys coming to hear the speaker or getting a room?”

“Funny, Kyle.” Alice said sarcastically.

“Let’s get those seats,” Ben interrupted as he approached our group.

We went to get our seats in the auditorium.

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Alice and Kyle fell asleep. I’m glad they didn’t snore, that would have been embarrassing. But I guess Ambassador Nowotny was kind of boring. All she was talking about was all the different things she’s done for her country and how she came to be an ambassador. I can’t believe Harvard actually chose this chic to speak here. At least I get to watch Kyle’s dreams, now there’s entertainment.

While he slept, Kyle became my own personal movie screen. He was dreaming that he was a spy and had to save his friend, who was an MI-5 agent, from MI-5.

When he found her they had to flee pretty quickly. MI-5 was on the hunt. Kyle and Ginny had to get out of the abandoned warehouse in London’s south end. It wasn’t until they got to the roof that Kyle noticed Ginny was pregnant. He knew they had no time to talk so he just asked her if she was going to be okay. She said yes and they continued across the rooftops until they found an open door through another building. They made it look like they took the stairs and then went down the fire escape. They made it safely down while MI-5 took the stairs.

“Hey Strix, what did I miss?” Tom interjected when he found us. He took the seat next to me.

“Not much really, she’s just talking about the stuff she has done for Austria. It’s pretty boring, can’t believe we actually wanted to come to this.”

“Well our professors will probably ask about it, so it’s good we’re here.”

“I guess.”

Kyle took Ginny by the hand and led her through the streets. She told him he shouldn’t have come. She was bait; they wanted him dead and knew she was the key. Kyle told her not to worry, he had figured as much before he went in. He told her they had to hurry and they would talk later when they were safe. She agreed and they ran to the docks where they met a taxi. From there they went to the airport and caught a flight to Berlin. Once on the plane, Ginny told Kyle he was the father of her baby and that was why they were being chased. MI-5 could not have an agent in love with an American spy. They wanted Kyle dead and to terminate the pregnancy. But she refused to do it. Kyle understood; he was a little confused about why MI-5 wanted him dead since they worked with the CIA on occasion. Their logic was all screwed up.

“You guys want to get coffee after this? I’m really going to need it if I’m going to make it through work.” Chris stated.

“Yeah, sounds good. Looks like Kyle and Alice need it too,” Tom remarked.

“I don’t see why not,” Ben added.

“I’m in,” I said.

When the plane landed in Berlin, Kyle’s contact was waiting. They took a train to their safe house in Lubek. When they arrived, all hell broke loose. Kyle couldn’t understand it. The CIA and MI-5 were waiting. Both agencies wanted the other’s agent dead. Kyle took Ginny and Peitri and ran. Peitri didn’t belong to either CIA or MI-5; he was former KGB and a long time friend of Kyle’s. Kyle did not like that his friend was now caught in the middle, but he may be their only way out.

That’s when I had to wake him up, the ambassador was finished and everyone was filing out of the auditorium. I really wanted to see where his dream went but what can you do when you have to go. Chris woke Alice and we went to Starbucks for coffee.