~YULIA The world stopped. The butterflies in my stomach took flight. And I felt as if my heart had exploded with a strong emotion. Ian was kissing me! Ian was f*****g kissing me and I did not know what to do. ‘Kiss him back!’ Yara ordered. Why was he kissing me? How was it supposed to help us escape our enemies? ‘Kiss him back, Yulia!’ Yara growled. Right, it made sense now. By kissing me, he was hiding our faces from the enemies and we probably looked like lovesick teenagers. After all, the enemies could never guess that the people they sought could ever stop to kiss in the middle of a teenage festival. ‘For the goddess' sake, kiss Ian f*****g back and stop overthinking things! This is a lifetime opportunity!’ Yara screamed in my ears. And for the first tim

