QUOTE : You don’t understand.She was mean to me. Very mean. And she’s dangerous. A very dangerous girl. I’m your guardian, Ayden. I have to protect you!It’s my sworn duty. My sworn duty!”<br /><br />“Protect me?”<br /><br />“Yes!” Pearl hovered frantically in front of “her boy,” and slathered her voice with disgust. “She threatened to…” <br /><br />Oh, she wouldn’t.<br /><br />“Kiss you!”<br /><br />She would. My cheeks fired. I stared at the floor.<br /><br />Ayden laughed. “Kiss me?”<br /><br />“Yeeeeesss,” Pearl wailed in agony. “She promised a big juicy kiss! On a real date. No pretending. With hand holding and—and cuddling!”<br /><br />And I thought it couldn’t get any worse.