Oh god, now my body is really betraying me. It felt so good, but it was so wrong. I felt his knife on my stomach. Now my heart was beating faster than...ever. Was he going to stab me? ?Relax? He said with a chuckle. I heard something rip, and then I realized it was my shirt. He put his warm hand on my stomach and I shivered. I really wanted him to untie my hands, lying on them really wasn’t comfortable, but I didn’t care. He then cut my bra open, and I felt him lightly pinch my. Seth gives me a nod of greeting."Did you sent me the note?" I ask."Note, what note?" he looks flustered at me. Guess it was not him."No worries." I pat him on the arm."I was disappointed to hear you have been claimed by the healers." he says to me. If he truly was, I could not hear in his voice."It is best this way." I put in."You would have made a wonderful Protector," Seth adds mimicking his brothers flat tone."Perhaps, but I am not sure I would be welcomed," I say the weariness heavy in my. I slowly stood. "We'll stay here for the rest of the night. In the morning, we fly back to Milan."We left in the morning. Tomas radioed, telling them what happened. Marco had two caskets prepared. They had a man who was performing some priestly duties and would perform the burial service.We buried my parents side by side in the church cemetery. SJ and Jacob were wheeled to the service. She was able to sit up. "Two of my parents died yesterday. God will hold them until their fellow spouses,. . you have got to replace it with something?” mom responded.Claire replied with the most dangerous four-word question a girl can ask a boy, “Do I look fat, Charles?”I had obviously prepared for this question at some point in our relationship. I just hadn’t expected it so soon, “You are beautiful, Claire — everything you wear is very flattering.”“Well, aren’t you the gentleman?” Claire said with a smile.“Remember, I see my mom all day, so being around someone who is beautiful is a common.