tension. "I' ve never seen it before. It' s so... unique. W

ion, wrapped in a venee

sed. "You've been cheati

s dug into my hair, yanking me up from the floor

roared. "Where i

ensified. He grabbed my torn and bleeding ea

so close I could smell the alcoho

a mouthful of blood and

ead silence. Then, a roar

hed into a pile of rubble, the im

his voice eerily calm.

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sitation. Even for them,

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ver of concern, spoke up. "Bright

said, his voice cold. "She knows t

, ever the protector. "I won't press

command, a green light.

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ce. I could feel the noth

He was goin

y by Haylee's lies, leaving only a hollowe

ark silhouette agains

g a delicate hand on his arm. A

me, his face a twi

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pushed me o

a single, desperate scre

e join mine, not in triumph, but