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Not fire. Just bright ginger-red hair with the sun glinting on it. My brows knit as the girl stares at me, then at the knife in my hand.
“What do you have that for?” she says curiously in English, with an American accent.
My jaw clenches as I glance past her. “Who else is in there?”
She shrugs. “No one.”
“I heard you talking to someone. It sounded like you were wrestling.”
She grins. “I was.”
“With?”
The redhead giggles. “My imaginary friend.”
I scowl. “What?”
“My friend. She’s imaginary. And invisible, so you can’t meet her. Sorry.”
I grin slightly and I drop my hand, folding the knife up and slipping it back into my pocket.
“Who are you?” she inquires.
“I’m…looking for Annika,” I grunt.
“You found her.”
My brow arches. “You’re Annika?”
She glances back at the bushes behind her.
“What are you doing?”
“Just telling my invisible friend that it’s okay.”
I smirk as she turns back to me.
“I’m Annika.” She sticks out a hand. “Who are you?”
“Drazen,” I reply, feeling awkward as I shake the hand of the girl I don’t know, who I’ll marry one day.
“Oh!” Her eyes widen a little as she steps back. Then she looks me up and down, clearly sizing me up.
“Oh?”
“You’re…not what I was expecting.”
“What were you expecting?”
She shrugs. “I don’t know. Papa used to call you and your family monsters and demons. But I guess I wasn’t really expecting you to have horns or anything.”
“Maybe I do,” I smile. “Maybe I am.”
“What—a monster or a demon?”
I nod. She shakes her head.
“I don’t think you are. I don’t see any horns.”
