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“Oh?”
“They call you the Beast. That comes with certain… expectations. You’re the champion.”
“And you’re a Prize. Does that make you like all the other girls?”
One corner of her big gorgeous mouth curled into a half-smile.
“No. They’re much more beautiful than I am.”
How could she say such a thing?
“No, they’re not,” I said.
“They’re super sexy. I’m just… me.”
I couldn’t help but reach over and pat down her hair and tuck it behind her ear.
She didn’t flinch, but she watched me carefully.
Cautiously.
“I didn’t even notice the other girls,” I said honestly. “You’re all I could see.”
“Why did you choose me?”
How should I respond? That I felt a bright light in my soul and it told me to? Or should I explain some other way? I decided to be honest.
“I get this feeling sometimes. It’s like I know something important is about to happen. It’s my instincts telling me what to do, I think.”
“I get that sometimes.”
“You do?”
“Sure. When I eat chocolate. I know it’s not good for me but I eat it anyway.”
I threw my head back and barked a laugh.
“It’s not that funny,” Ivy said with an amused but confused expression.
“I know. I just haven’t laughed in a long, long time.”
I couldn’t even remember the last time.
“How long have you been here?” Ivy said.
“Since I was a little boy.”
The expression that swept over her face was one of sadness. She reached out a hand and placed it on my arm.
It sent tingles up my arm and… down there.
“I’m sorry to hear that,” she said.
She genuinely did look affected.
“No one should have to spend their lives in a place like this,” she said. “I’ve been here a few days and I don’t want to be here a second longer than I have to be.”
A thought occurred to her.
