Page 178 of The Blairville Legacies

Julian ran a tense hand through his hair.

“I swear to you, they did something to her.”

I looked at him uncomprehendingly.

“Julian... Let them do what they want. It’s none of our business.”

“You’re with us...”I almost said, but I kept my mouth shut. I couldn’t scare him off any more.

“No, Ems, you don’t understand.”

“Then explain it to me.”

“I think we both saw whatshesaw.”

By now, I was convinced that Julian had lost his mind.

“What are you talking about?”

Julian’s shiny green eyes snapped open as if he had just learned something earth-shattering.

“Ems!”

He grabbed me by the shoulders, and I shuddered a little. His hands were warm, his grip firm. He himself looked worried.

“Did she touch you?”

I could only stare at him questioningly. Wherever his thoughts were, they were far away from mine. I didn’t understand him at all.

“Touch me?”

Julian looked around again before continuing.

“Remember last week when I told you about the incident with her eyes in the forest?”

I nodded. How could I have forgotten a single detail from last week?

“You said you saw it, too.”

Again, I nodded, remembering the day I’d looked into her glowing eyes.

I swallowed.

“In the forest, she had touched me and for a moment she had blocked out everything around me. That feeling... I can’t really describe it.”

“As if you had arrived home,” I added, shocked by my own memories.

Julian looked at me in silence.

“Do you think she put a spell on us?”

“If she did, it wasn’t on purpose...” Julian whispered thoughtfully.

A slight anger was gathering in my chest.

Bayla Adams had cursed me and Julian. Adamn witchhad gotten inside our heads. Whether on purpose or notdidn’t matter.

I clenched my fists.

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