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Against my better judgment, I take his hand.
Following him back to his car I look up to see Hazel watching the street diligently. She waves and I decide to forgive her for being the type of person to push me out the door for a coffee date with a dangerously handsome beast.
Sylvester opens the passenger side, and I buckle my seat belt with shaking hands, still not convinced that this is a good idea.
We drive in silence and watch the neighborhoods change into densely populated urban spaces and then slowly melt away into sprawling suburbs. Families frolic in yards, some furrier than others, and I marvel at how strangely different, and yet oddly the same parts of Crescent City are to Pleasant Valley. Even though the people here have a bit more magic in their lives, they are still
