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and away from everything vampire for as long as she could, when her words hit me. “You’re going to let us be together?”
    Mom heaved a sigh and began sorting a stack of papers. “Love is never perfect, Amelia. After losing your father I know that better than anyone. So for now I will allow it.” Her gaze returned to me. “Under strict guidelines, of course.”
    Waiting for the
I can’t believe you bought that
moment, I clutched the desk’s glass edge. “And they are?”
    Mom leaned back in her white-padded office chair. “If The Council in any way becomes suspicious, your contact is to end. Immediately. I will not let you risk your life for this. I will take you away if necessary.”
    “That won’t happen, Mom,” I said. “I want nothing to do with their racist laws.”
    “Furthermore.” Her hand came down on the desktop. “I trust you have not slept with this boy?”
    My jaw fell to the carpet in complete horror. Embarrassment burned my cheeks. “I—uh…”
    “And don’t lie to me, Amelia. You’re terrible at it.”
    I dragged my jaw off the floor and forced myself to speak. “No, of course not. And I would rather not talk—”
    “What you would or would not like to talk about,” Mom said cutting me off, “is irrelevant. I am the parent here. If you cannot agree to my terms I will force you two apart. Don’t think I don’t have the means to do so.”
    I swallowed hard at the deadly seriousness on my mom’s face. Would she try to force me back to the Armaya and Caius? There was no way in hell I would go, but then what would she do? Force the whole family to move, again?
    “It is never to happen,” she warned, wriggling a finger at me. “It’s far too dangerous. The wolves are reactive creatures. They can’t always control their animal side. After this boy’s daytime transformation in the forest that you stupidly tried to witness, I know he can transform on demand. And you must know a wolf’s bite is deadly to us.” Mom stood up, graceful and willowy while looking anything but soft. “No transformations. No sex. No exceptions or the deal’s off.”
    Like we were even close to that anyway. With Kendrick clouding my mind with jealousy and revulsion through the bond, being intimate with Ty wasn’t an option. At least not anytime soon. Still these conditions aside, I wondered why she was giving in so easily. Was there more behind this agreement than I was aware of?
    Mom cleared her throat, waiting for my response. Ulterior motives or not, the faster I got out of this the better. “Alright, I promise,” I said, nodding. “Anything else?”
    “You will invite Ty over here. I think it is time we all got to know each other a lot better.”
    Knowing I had no option, I shrugged in defeat. “When?”
    “Next Tuesday for dinner,” she said, her silvery-blue gaze piercing. “I have the night off. So no excuses. If he doesn’t show, all bets are off.”
    ~
    I threw open my bedroom window and jumped onto the sill, sitting with my legs dangling outside. My iPod hummed with Skillet’s rock words from my bedside table. Outside it was already dark with night, the fattening moon rising into the sky. My new iPhone was clutched in my hand and pressed to my ear. After two rings the line picked up.
    “Hello beautiful,” Ty answered.
    I swallowed my mouthful of chocolate, anxious to reveal the outcome with my mom. “Mom caught up with me.”
    “Hmm,” Ty’s deep voice buzzed. “Should I brace myself?”
    The news wasn’t bad, bar the
I can’t sleep with you ever
bit, but he still had to endure an evening with my mom. And who knew what she was up to for that formal introduction. “No. It went quite well, I guess.”
    “But…”
    I took a deep breath, clutching the sill with my free hand. “She wants you to come over for dinner so she can get to know you better.”
    “Now?” There was movement through the speaker. “I can be over in about ten minutes.”
    Shocked by his eager outburst