LEILANI I think there is something wrong with me. There is something inherently wrong with me; there had to be. How else do I explain this? I was very intent on going out with Javi alone tonight—no Aesir. I mean, it wasn’t out of malice. I knew he was going to throw a fit, and I wasn’t in the mood to argue with him. So tell me why… tell me why I told him he could come with me? It was that stupid whining voice of his. That stupid soft, almost purring voice he’s suddenly adopted in the past few days. I can’t explain it, but there’s something about that voice of his that gets me. It’s almost like I lost all the ability to think straight once that low, whiny purr slips into his voice and something tender, almost protective, grows in my heart for him. Like, there’s a part of me that wants

