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“Died.” Walter swallowed. “They died. All of them.”

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It turned out we were willing to give up our bedrooms as long as we all got to sleep together on the living room floor. I slept squished between Travis and Liam. It reminded me of that one night at Liam’s parents’ house when we’d all slept in my room. This was a lot less comfortable, but still felt the same. I loved being next to all of them, especially after the news we’d been given. I didn’t believe it.

Well, I did believe it, but to me, something could never be wrong with the way we were. If what they said was true, then we’d just have to be careful about how much we used our magic. The other thing I couldn’t believe was that maybe Walter wasn’t that bad of a guy after all. He seemed truly concerned for us and knowing what he said to Travis on the phone earlier; I felt like he had our best interest at heart. Ever since I heard mention of the superiors and knew that I needed to keep myself hidden from them, I distrusted them. But I was also willing to admit when I was wrong. It was possible I was wrong about this. Gabe and Randy still weren’t pleased with him, but level-headed Liam took what he said to heart. And Travis, too. He’d never had a problem with the Order, so I knew how he felt about what Walter told us.

“Are you awake?” Gabe asked.

I nodded, feeling him down at my feet. “Yeah.”

“We’ve got a big day tomorrow. You should sleep.”

By me, both Travis and Liam were breathing softly. Randy, the big lump on the other side of Liam was a heavy breather with the occasional snore. “I could say the same thing to you.”

He chuckled. “I guess I’m just trying to soak everything in. You know, just in case.”

I frowned. Judging by the humor in his voice, I knew he was trying to joke with me, but that wasn’t something I really wanted to joke about. I sat up and hovered over him. “Don’t talk like that. I love you, you sexy Brit. Now go to sleep. We’ve got a big day in the morning.”

“Witches to save. Demons to send back to hell.”

I snickered. “If everything works out perfectly, yeah.”

He laughed. “So, basically we don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow because things never work out perfectly.”

“Exactly,” I said. “It’ll be a shit storm. But at least we have the Order with us.”

I couldn’t even keep a straight face and Gabe knew it too. He laughed out loud, then quickly put his hand over his mouth. “Good night, Norah.”

Gabe eventually fell asleep, but I stayed awake. Now that Gabe had put the thought in my head, I couldn’t let it go. I’d never had a lot of friends, so of course now that I had everything I never knew I wanted, I was some sort of freak coven that could basically be our own downfall. Not doing magic wasn’t a problem for me. As I’d said before, it came in handy, but I didn’t need it. I never even wanted it, so giving it up if needed, although difficult, wouldn’t break me. I just hoped I could say the same for the others.

Then again, we might just be the one coven who could break all the odds. Fuck that. We were that coven. Nothing was going to happen to us. I’d make sure of it.

When the first rays of light came in through the window, I got up first and hopped in the shower. I didn’t want to have to fight for it later when everyone and the Order had to take turns in our one bathroom. I wasn’t sure where their notion of going to the motel had gone, but I supposed it just wasn’t said that we would all be safer together, especially what happened with the new Order of Salem. Wherever they were.

I had just slipped under the warm water when the door creaked open. “I’m in here,” I whispered.

“I know,” a voice whispered back. I smiled when I realized it was Liam.

I looked out from around the shower curtain. “Do you feel better?”

He nodded. “I don’t know what that was about, but I have a theory.” He took his shirt off and started working his pants off too.

I just stared at him as he did so.

“I think that the demon was expending a lot of energy and since Dean and I had been touched by it before, it was taking its toll on us too. It was touching everything it had ever touched.”

“Oh,” I said simply as he took a step into the shower with me.

He looked me up and down. “What?”

“I didn’t see you as a share the shower type of guy.”

He moved closer, putting his arms around me while the warm water cascaded down my back. “I just wanted to be close to you.”

His hand slipped down over my ass.

It seemed that he had something else in mind too. Not that I could blame him.