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She’s so strong I’ve never ht I just know she will After all, she has ht by her side and I’ll never let hiets the chance

I swing s over the side of the bed and run my hands over my face We went to bed at 3 arab ht up the screen

“Holy fuck,” I grunt underearly I had three hours of sleep

I push up off Sky’s bed and step intoboth her closet and bedroootten up not long ago and snuck out so she wouldn’t wake me

It’s stupid though She probably had less sleep than I did She should cliet a few more hours of rest even if itto take all the pain away Besides, I doubt there’s going to be anywhere in Aston Creek that I can get a gun before 9 am We still have a few hours to kill

I go tosharp hits the side ofcarelessly on the carpet

My brows furrow What the hell is it doing down there? Sky was clutching it when she went to bed last night and I can guarantee that it stayed in her palh to be honest, I’ to accidentally take me out All it would take is one bad dream and that knife would be the end ofin my arms, she doesn’t need it

Last night was different though Very fucking different

I reach down and scoop the knife intoout the open door Why the hell would she put it on the floor? She never does careless shit like that, especially with this knife It’s i she has of her father’s This thing practically lives under her pillow and if it isn’t there, then it’s in the palm of her hand

I slip the knife intodoesn’t feel right here It’s one thing for her to have gotten out of bed early if she couldn’t sleep, but to drop her knife on the floor and leave her bedroom door open It feels…odd

I get to her door and find the carpet beneathwet