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explore the garden and, of course, more time to kiss him and experience all the new feelings he evoked. She felt things she hadn’t comprehended even existed until she leaned over and planted one on him. Uncertain of her own reaction, she turned and ran back to where she could return home.
    Logan was stunned. His body responded in ways unfamiliar to him and he was surprised by the reaction. He had just started to lift his hands to wrap around her in order to deepen their kiss, but she had already broken free of it, turned and ran towards the back of the house and gods-only-knew where. He stood there, gazing at the nothingness that once was her, stunned she kissed him. His first kiss. Was it hers, too? When realization dawned on him she would not be returning, at least not tonight, he entered the house only to find Shara entering the back room and seeing him come from outside unescorted.
    Shara stopped when she saw the young lad enter the house without any guards in attendance; a frown creased her brow. Dressed in a simple jeans and t-shirt, her dark hair pulled back tightly into a bun, she recently added glasses to her look. Shara said she didn’t need them, other than she thought it gave her a more professional appearance and she liked that idea. It was her way to seem more mature now that there were children in the home for the past fourteen years.  
    Shara looked over her shoulder then rushed to Logan’s side, pulling him into the room and shutting the door firmly, locking it.
    “What in heaven’s name were you doing out there? And alone? You are no longer a two-year-old. You know better than to leave the house without an escort. What were you doing outside anyways? What was so important you had to go out there?”
    Logan tried to think quickly. He didn’t want to get Jasmine in trouble, but he didn’t want to lie, either. “I thought I saw someone out there. I didn’t think. I just went to look.” He hoped she wouldn’t query him further. While it was a partial truth and considered only lying by omission, he prayed it would satisfy Shara. “I just didn’t think. I’m very sorry. Please don’t tell Mom or Dad.”
    Shara shook her head. “You know if they ask me, I have to tell them the truth. But, if they don’t ask, I won’t volunteer the information. You must be more careful, though.”
    Logan hugged the woman, whispering a thank you, before running back up to his room and to the window where he first saw Jasmine. He knew she would no longer be there, nor waiting for him. She would have headed back to wherever she was from, hopefully with more success than he had sneaking back into the house.
    Shara watched him leave before looking around again warily. Once she was sure everything was taken care of and she wasn’t being noticed, she continued down the corridor to the rooms below. It was where the demons were held when they had been caught trying to escape or committed some other crime. She traversed down here often in the days of old to find Azamel administering or overseeing the punishment of a prisoner personally.
    It wasn’t the prisons, however, where Shara was headed; it was the quarters just before them. Knocking lightly as she opened the door, she entered the room, shutting the door tightly behind her after double checking yet again that no one followed or saw her.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 2
     
    Five years ago:
    Clarissa knocked on the door, before cracking it open to peer inside. Logan waved her in and she entered, shutting the door behind her.
    “Good morning, my handsome son.”
    He laughed and kissed her cheek. “You only say that ‘cause I am your only son.”
    “I say that because you have grown into a very handsome man who would turn any girl’s head. And when they get to know how intelligent and sweet you are, they will lose their hearts forever.” She reached over and cupped his cheek gently. “You have no idea how it has saddened me you