Drayden - Chapter 10
Retrieving the little brown book from Natalie was not enough. I needed to see her again. And then again. It takes me only three nights to trust her enough to tell her about Reginald and four nights to open up about what I'm capable of with my new powers, but that I'm not invincible because a strange bullet had weakened my exterior enough to enter me somehow and cause me unbelievable pain. She suggests a bulletproof vest. I tell her she's a genius because I honestly hadn't thought of that. She's easy to be around, and I just can't get enough of her. I trust her. I love her laugh. I feel at peace when she's near.
I overpay the owner of a hostel to rent me a room near enough to her school. When she sleeps or when she’s at school, I hunch over my laptop in my r
