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Bloodlines Book 3 Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

Illustration Chapter 25

After looking in almost all the interior areas, I stepped into the outer peristyle. My breath caught. It was a huge outdoor garden built around a pool that had to be at least two hundred feet long. Statues and fountains dotted the pool's surface and the whole space was surrounded in gorgeously manicured trees and other plants. The sun, warm despite the December day, shone down on everything, and the air hummed with birdsong, splashing water, and soft conversation. Tourists milled around, stopping to admire the sights or take pictures. None of them mattered though -- not when I finally found the person I was looking for.

He sat at the opposite end of the garden from where I'd entered, on the pool's far edge. His back was to me, but I would have known him anywhere.

Bloodlines Book 2 The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

Illustration of Chapter 24

A million thoughts seemed to cross his mind, none of which he wanted to share. At last he shook his head in exasperation.

"Isn't it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn't. I did it so I'd have a reason to be around you--one that I knew you couldn't refuse. "

I was more confused than ever. "But... why? Why would you want to do that?"

"Why?" he asked. "Because it was the closest thing I could get to doing this--"

Bloodlines Book 2 The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

Illustration of Chapter 14

He almost smiled. "There you go again. Why? Why do you keep helping me?"

There were a million answers on my lips, everything from 'its the right thing to do' to 'I don't know.' Instead, I said, "Because I want to."

This time I got a true smile from him, but there was something dark and introspective about it. He shifted closer to me again. "Because you feel bad for this crazy guy?"

"You aren't going to go crazy," I said firmly. "You're stronger than you think. The next time you feel that way, find something to focus on, to remind you of who you are."

"Like what? Got some magic object in mind?"

"Doesn't have to be magic," I said. I racked my brain. "Here." I unfastened the golden cross necklace. "This has always been good for me. Maybe it'll help you." I set it in his hand, but he caught hold of mine before I could pull back.

Leo Woodall looks more like Adrian Ivashkov in One Day than he ever did in the show...