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eone who looked like you from the back

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han and Sophia, but Ethan took most of it trying to cover her. And... and a girl standing

isted. "Who w

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than?

worried about Sophia. He wouldn't let the paramedics look at him until they checked

Sophia's doing. It had to be. This l

nitial chaos died down, Noah

ded exh

rt of his back. He's in pain, but he'll be okay. S

girl?" I asked,

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cou

ardening. "This isn't rand

... she was a

nd Ethan just the shield? And that

silent fo

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and they were sold out? Ethan pulled the fire alarm at

hey painted a darker picture. A pattern of reckless, almost fanatical

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ties. Er

as the poison he willingly

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hospital, burned because s

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