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because you aren’t single, Lex, doesn’t mean you have to dress like a spinster!”
    Lincoln grumbled again but Lexia just laughed, “God I’ve missed you!”
    “Ooh this looks promising!” Alice dragged Lexia across the street and through a shop door.
    Lexia immediately got lost in the racks of clothes. “Maybe I could do with something other than sweats,” she mumbled, picking up a jacket.
    Alice turned and blocked the entrance to the shop. “You three stay!”
    “What! Alice, no, we are here to protect her,” Lincoln protested.
    “Look!” Alice huffed, her hands resting on her hips as she glared, “we do not need you three following us from clothes rack to clothes rack like some crazy-ass bodyguards! There are no Hunters inside! The only thing that will be getting hammered is your credit card, Linc!” She held her hand out, a hard look in her eye that made Lincoln decide not to protest.
    “Here!” he shoved it at her, “be nice to her!”
    “I’m always nice, silly!” she beamed, shutting the door on them.
    Lincoln, Caden, and Tate all turned at once. Arms crossed they leaned against the shop door; if they couldn’t go in, no one could go in. Passersby gave them a wide birth and eyed them warily and the men smiled, sometimes it felt good to be intimidating.
    “How much do you think they’ll spend in there?” Lincoln asked.
    “Dude, that card will be on fire by the end of the day!” Tate answered with a smirk.
    “I don’t think Lex is going to be the problem,” Caden added with a smile.
    “Yeah, it’s the she-demon you’ve gotta watch out for!” Tate said.
    Lincoln and Caden lifted their heads at the same time, glancing towards Tate. “She-demon?” they said in unison.
    “Yes, she-demon! Try living with her! That girl is a force of nature. She drives me mad on a daily basis; you’d think I wasn’t doing her a favor by keeping her and her family alive!”
    They all chuckled to themselves, resuming the menacing stance against the shop door.
    Inside the shop, the girls were chatting nonstop. Lexia’s hands were being filled with clothes as Alice threw them at her.
    “And this! - Ooh your legs will be killer in this.”
    “Hey, Alice, you realize I have no money, right?” Lexia asked.
    “You do now!” Alice sang, waving Lincoln’s credit card in the air.
    “Oh my god! How did you get that off him?”
    “You’re not the only one with special powers, girl!”
    “Don’t I know it!” she laughed.
    Thirty minutes later Lexia walked out of the shop looking and feeling like a new person. She’d kept on some of her new clothes; a long tight skirt, which skimmed to her knee in white and blue stripes. She tucked a simple white blouse into the waist and added a bright red belt to show off her small waist. She’d bought the dark blue jacket she’d picked up as she’d first walked into the shop, its cropped length and short, flared sleeves went perfectly with the outfit. Paired with killer heels, Lexia was nearly as tall as Lincoln as she kissed his stunned face and handed over her many bags for him to carry.
    Alice linked her arm through Lexia’s and the girls sauntered off talking of finding some more shoes. Three disgruntled bodyguards followed at their backs looking far less menacing with an armful of girl’s shopping bags.
    “So do you think we can go home now and relax before going out later?” Caden asked.
    “We’re going out?” Lexia squealed at Lincoln.
    “Yes, why do you think Cade bought you a dress? Although I’m guessing you have another dress now to go out every night of the week,” he answered.
    “Probably,” she smiled. “Is it safe for me to be out at night? I’m surprised you let me out today.”
    “It’s taken me a month to convince him,” Alice piped up from behind her.
    “It’s your birthday, Lex. For one day I can control my obsessive need to keep you hidden from the Hunters. And we have an extra person with us today,” Lincoln told