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girl. Knowing it was gone felt odd. “At least Mom won’t be yelling at you to not make a mess with the paint now.”
     
    He chuckled. “You’d think she’d stop since I’m going on twenty-six years old.”
     
    I stared at him. He’d passed the twenty-five mark. Sorcerers stopped aging at twenty-five for a very long time; thousands of years for most. He would look exactly like he did now for a lengthy amount of time to come. “It’s weird, to know we’ve all grown up,” I whispered, more to myself than them.
     
    Liv sat beside me, placing her hand on mine. “We did all grow up. Sadie, we’ve missed you so much. We wanna know about you.”
     
    Santos brought plates of food over and nodded. “Yeah, we’ve heard some stories about this badass chick who executes bad guys like it’s nothing. There was one story that got back to us from this fae who saw you in Florida. They said this vampire came at you, fangs bared and faster than lightning, and you just flicked your wrist like it was nothing and staked him before he could realize what was happening.”
     
    I giggled. “Yeah, that was James Zion. He was murdering people all over Orlando and neighboring towns.”
     
    “You knew his name?” Santos squeaked.
     
    Laughing loudly, I nodded. “I know all of their names. I have to hunt them, know their patterns.”
     
    Scott joined us, sitting a pitcher of tea in the middle of the table. “I always knew you were good with potions, but combat, too? I mean, look at you! You’re ready to kick anybody’s ass that looks at you wrong.”
     
    I shrugged. “I go to the gym and run. I can’t go after bad guys if I can’t chase them or keep up with their speed.”
     
    “Remember that guy when we fought Devlin? The one you stabbed after asking questions?” Liv asked.
     
    “Jacob,” I recalled.
     
    “Was that the beginning?”
     
    I nodded again. “It was. I knew after that moment I could do what I needed.”
     
    Scott was next, looking at me thoughtfully. “Sadie…what made you start this? Why did you leave?”
     
    I knew it was coming, but still I wasn’t fully prepared. Sighing heavily, I cracked my neck and shook my leg up and down. “Harlow shouldn’t have gotten away with everything she did. Someone, somewhere, should have fought her. They should have recognized what she was, what she was doing, and done something about it. So, I vowed to do that for others.”
     
    Liv spoke next. “We found him, you know. He’s in California.”
     
    “He doesn’t remember us,” I said bluntly.
     
    “But he might when we’re finished with him,” Scott grinned.
     
    Refusing to get my hopes up, I stared at him. “What’s the plan?”
     
    “She couldn’t have completely wiped his memories. Grandma did a lot of research and asking around. It’s not entirely possible.”
     
    “Yes, it is,” I countered. “I do it with innocents I rescue.”
     
    “Humans,” Liv pointed out. “Aiden is a descendant as much as I am. He just didn’t come into his power.”
     
    I sat up straighter. “What are you all thinking?”
     
    “We’ve invited him to the graduation and wedding under the guise that Livvie is a long distant cousin,” Scott explained. “Once he’s here, we’ll magically provoke his memories. Display an act here, do something or say something we did in the past. It should stir his memories enough for him to start to remember, then we can pull them out.”
     
    “Why can’t we pull them out to begin with?” I questioned. Seemed like a much simpler solution.
     
    “It could wipe his complete memory for good,” Santos said.
     
    “Like amnesia?”
     
    He nodded.
     
    “Then I guess we’ll provoke him…if he comes.”
     
    “He RSVP’d,” Olivia said. “He said yes.”
     
    Ignoring the gnawing in my gut and the fluttering in my heart, I allowed myself to enjoy spending time with them the rest of the evening.
     
    In two days’ time, Aiden would be in