Damian I sat outside the gate as rain pelted down on me. I took a drag of my cigarette as the past couple of nights played through my head. We were in the middle of the Olympian Forest, off any seen trails, where the safe house sat nestled in the trees. I wanted to turn Poppy, and when she asked that night... f**k, I would have done it if it wasn’t for the fact I wanted to marry her before I did the deed. I just didn’t want to expose my hand to her before I knew I was ready. We haven’t said I love you yet. I can’t just be like, “Oh yeah, I’ll turn ya if you marry me.” Ugh, this is complicated. “HEY! HELLO?? Damian!?” Raz snapped his fingers in front of me as I flicked my cigarette. “We need to go. Avery is set up in the basement, waiting for us to feed him the codes.” Raz bounced

