Kallos (Kallos Series) - By Khelsey Jackson Page 0,57

the eyes. Ian can see so much in her face, from hurt and sadness to love and wanting.

Karissa clears her throat, “Did you know that Brandon is back?” His eyes widen, and he shakes his head. He knew that Brandon would come back. They are cousins, but Brandon is a full demon. They get to the classroom and almost all the chairs are full. “Do you mind if I sit with you? I still have something I want to tell you.”

“Sure,” Ian says and heads to the back of the classroom. Karissa sits next to him, and he looks up to see Brandon walking in. Ian glares at him as Brandon smiles. “Start talking, Kris.” He knows that his voice sounds hateful.

“Well, I need you to look at me Ian.” Ian turns his gaze to Karissa. “Um… I thought this was going to easy. But it isn't.” She pauses and looks down. “I am in love with you. I know that you have Kallos and she is your soul mate. But I have loved you since I met you. Whenever I need strength, I just think of you, and I can do anything.” The whole time she is talking, she is looking down, but he can't take his eyes off of her. Ian knows that he should say something, but he doesn't know what to say to her. Karissa looks up and stares into Ian's eyes, “Say something!”

“I don't know what to say.” Ian has never thought of Karissa like that. She was with his brother, and he thought she was in love with Sean, not him. “I do love you, but I don't know if I love you more than a sister.” He knows that hurt her but he isn't going to lie to her.

“I understand,” she looks down again.

“I need to think about things, Okay?” She doesn't look up at Ian, but she nods. He keeps his eyes on the door and on Brandon. His being back isn't a good thing.

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Sean and Kallos have been walking together, and she grabs Sean’s hand. He tightens his hold for a second. Walking in silence; she is completely content just holding his hand and being near him.

“You’re really okay with all this?” Sean finally breaks the silence. Kallos knows that they really do care about her, but it will take some time for her to get used to it.

“I am. I’m not going to say that it’s going to be easy, but I don’t want to lose you or Ian.” It hurt Kallos too much to even think about that.

“Good. We can’t wait for you to meet our parents.” Now that is terrifying, she thought.

“How are they going to take me being with both of you?”

“My mom would always tell us that you would have to choose one of us. Now that you are meant for both of us, I think they’ll both love it. When we asked to stay with you, she told us not to let you break our hearts. I think she knew that we were in love with you, and she thought you would have to choose just one.” That takes a big weight off Kallos’ shoulder. At least she doesn’t have to worry about Sean and Ian’s parents hating her. Then, they realized they were in front of her dad’s office.

“So, I’ll see you later.” Sean grins and brings her hand to his lips. He kisses her knuckles.

“Later, my love” he whispers along her knuckles, and she feels the blush spreading all over her body. He walks to his class, and she heads to her dad’s office. She knocks once on his door and doesn’t have to wait long. He is there before she can knock again.

“Is everything okay?” Kallos smiles and nods. She walks past him and sits down.

“Dad, I have a question for you and Mom.” He moves behind his desk and gives her a questioning look. “Can you call mom and put her on speaker?”

“Will you tell me what this is about?” Kallos shakes her head. “Please, Dad, I don’t want to repeat myself.” He picks up his phone and types in their house number.

“Hello?” Her mother answers.

“Hello, Honey. Kallos has a question for both of us. She said that she needed to speak to us at the same time. You’re on speaker, Honey.” Kallos has a feeling that he is warning her mom that she is speaking to both of them. She loves how loving her parents are to each other, but