Burning

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Book: Burning Read Free
Author: K.D. Carrillo
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waved her hand. “They’ll probably think that you are knocked up.  Who cares though?  As you so astutely pointed out last year, we are pretty antisocial, and we don’t usually care what normals think anyway.”
    I raised an eyebrow at her . “Normals?”
    “I figure, if we keep calling people humans, they will realize that we aren’t one of them,” she explained.
    “I guess I don’t care what others think .  Shouldn’t we graduate from college first and get jobs?”
    “Who says?” she countered.  
    “ What if I get pregnant?” I argued. 
    “Yeah, ‘cause your plan is better.  Everyone knows that babies come from marriage certificates,” she ridiculed.  
    I rolled my eyes . “I know babies don’t come from marriage certificates.”
    “Really?  You have been complaining for months because Dean won’ t take the next step, but the reason that you won’t marry him is because you might get pregnant.  In his scenario, if you did get pregnant, you would have a husband with you every step of the way.  If you got your way, you could still get preggers, but you would have only your boyfriend to back you up.”
    I plopped down on our couch.   “Gah! I’m an idiot,” I exclaimed. 
    Chloë sat down next to me and played with my hair .  “Hey, I do think that you should wait until you are completely sure.  It obviously is not the right time yet.  I don’t think that it means that you aren’t in love with Dean.  I do think that you need to explain to him what is going on though.” 
    I nodded. She was right . It was time for Dean and me to talk about where we were heading.  It was past time really.  First though, I needed to consider where I wanted us to go.
    Did I want anyone else, even someday?  No, that was an easy one.  So what was holding me back?  Chloë was right—the whole getting-pregnant thing is stupid.  If I had really been worried, then I wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to advance our physical relationship.  So what if I did marry Dean?  Mmmm, mental pictures of a naked Dean raced through my brain.  His sexy hazel eyes heated with desire.  His wheat-blond hair mussed by my fingers and leonine, muscular body bared for my perusal. I wondered if I could keep him that way.  Wow, my body felt hot again.
    Was I really holding back because I was afraid that people were going to talk about me?  Am I really that shallow?
    “Yes. Yes you are,” Chloë answered my mental debate. She laughed. “Sorry. You think really loud.” 
    Ah, witch telepathy . I keep forgetting about that.  “I guess I have some thinking to do,” I said aloud. 
    “Well you better get to it then, because they should be here any minute,” Chloë said and left the room.
     
    Dean
     
    “Do you have to go anywhere to pick up your stuff?” I asked Finn. 
    “No. Chloë convinced me to leave it all here when I told her I needed to think about moving in,” he said and shrugged. 
    I shook my head at him.  I really wanted to knock some sense into him, but he was such a stubborn ass that I might just knock out the little sense he’s got.
    “I don’t get you , man.  I understand that you are afraid to tying yourself to Chloë since witches don’t bond the way our races do.  Believe me. I get that, but it isn’t going to stop me.  I’m going to keep working until Anita marries me.”
    “Why?  Why are you fighting so hard for someone who won’t be bound the way you will?” Finn asked. 
    “Couples like us have never existed before.  Who’s to say that they won’t be bound to us like we are to them?  My dad said that the bond only works with the one we are destined for and that you can feel it before it happens,” I replied.
    Finn stared off in the distance, analyzing what I ’d said. 
    I continued . “Has there been anyone you have really been interested in since you met Chloë?” 
    He sighed, and I knew that I had reached a touchy subject. 
    “No.  There hasn’t been a

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