.”“...”“Honestly? I felt nothing. It’s not that I didn’t care, it was a shock to me. But it’s more like ... the penny didn’t drop, you...know? It didn’t sound real. Even now, it doesn’t sound real.”“...”“If someone said she died, that they saw her dead, I would laugh in their face. Katia was the woman-no, the human-no, the most powerful being on this planet. No one could touch her.”“Even if there was someone capable of killing her, I still wouldn’t believe her death.”“But when you called. Still acting as if I was asleep, I barely opened my mouth at his touch, and his finger went into my mouth. I tasted my nectar on his finger, and closed my lips around his finger, daintily licking it clean.He then turned to Bella, watching her breasts rise and fall; he slipped his fingers under her top, and pulled it up under her chin. I heard Bella moan slightly, and he stopped and held still, fingers still entwined in her top. Bella continued to feign sleep; he cupped her breasts in his large. So quiet in fact I thought I'd blown my chance of seeing her again. When she did speak, she made no mention of it.'So what made you change your mind and ring me then?' is what she did say.I explained my homecoming reception and Tess's actions in getting her number.'Oh damn!' I heard Claire say, 'of course you didn't ring; I forgot you didn't have my number. It felt as if we'd known each other so long I never thought about it.''Same here, ' I admitted.We chatted for another half an hour about. This could have gone a lot worse for you had he not. But for him, thisis a blessing."Mason gave me a warm look and I continued, "This is the happiest I'veseen my best friend in well over a decade and he has you to thank forthat. But I'm not as forgiving as the others. Madison and I were caughtup in this unfairly and because of your mistake we are both paying forit. You took my life away from me, Hailey, and that's not something oneeasily forgets. However, the more time I spend in Madison's body.