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Her flesh came into contact with mine and I saw the realization of what actually happened take shape, her Eht" She shuddered, her eyes looking into mine It felt like she could see all the way to o When a full ave you no choice"

"No," I said, and the first, hot tear rolled out ofa pathway of shae, as it settled near ainst ainst her cheek as she whispered, "It’s alright, Caleb it’s alright"

I wrapped ainst her soft hair

I thought I was crazy about Jade before Well, after I tried to kill her there was nothing on earth that would have kept me from her side

Clean up wasn’t a snap Jonesy and I were arguing about Frazier’s body I looked down at it with distaste "Here’s the thing, Jones," I began, absently stroking Jade, asmy constant need for contact "If I raise his duainst my body, "then he’ll just" Iunderwater

Jonesy put his hands on his hips, checking out the brains around Frazier and gave one last retching cough

Clyde looked on with a little too much keenness if you asked me

Brains around zombies Yeah, kinda a diversion

"So, we don’t have to bury the putz to hide the evidence"

"He’s fragment, remember?"

Clyde nodded, "He is from the world of spheres A ne’er do well"

I nodded, although he was not pulse printed like the rest of us, and he’d have no history to speak of, he was still dead Dead bodies collected more than flies Thankfully, with the winter weather, his decomposition ah, the hell with it

I thunked Frazier between the eyes with a ha to his feet and staring atI was in control, knowing Frazier couldn’t touch her I sed hard against the fear I felt coursing through her I hated that she was afraid because of what I needed to do

His personality filled his eyes and Frazier drilled azes locked I openedthe need for digging graves while still getting his criht forever

Instead, ot blohen he turned to Clyde "Kill them," he said in the same Manipulative tone he’d used onhis hands to his head

Clyde turned to me and our eyes met His held a vacant emptiness then he hissed and ca for ht I’d never have to worry about

Jade screa toward her

"Do I have to kill ya again, ya dickhead?" Jonesy asked, grabbing a stray liround

"Gnaw your own arer "Sit and spin ya tard You’re dead, dipshit, your crap doesn’t work on , Jones," Frazier said, half growling

I saw in my peripheral vision, Jade ly with his freshly dead eyes while I kept aze on Clyde

He moved in and, unfortunately, he remembered all the moves I’d put on him He was a fast learner

Clyde rammed that fist into my jaw and I turned at the last second or it would have coed strikes,butchers of flesh as they struck all the vulnerable points of , I si that keptwas Jade

She’d be dead for sure if I didn’t subdue Clyde

How could I?

How could I not?

I fought and when he had brought me down to my knees, ready to pound me into oblivion, I met her eyes and Jade mouthed her love forof the sentiination or that little bit of psychic I had

I’ll never know for sure because Bobbi was striding in theout Clyde’s feet froe allowed her to knock hi out a hand to catch hirass

I swiveled my head toward Frazier "Rest!" I bellowed into the chilly air

The command hit Frazier like a well-aimed bullet between the eyes He didn’t just fall, he sunk into the ground like it was split-second quicksand I heard the ground suck his and frozen needles that were all around ainst the chilled ground

When I opened them, there were four heads above uilt, bruises fading as I watched They turned fro of colors

I heldme to my feet Every bit of my body ached and screah

"How did he?" Jade asked, ainst me and I winced as she touched htly There was nowhere that didn’t hurt so fuck it

She cuddled in against my abused body I’d rather hurt and have Jade plastered to me, thank you verybecause he was dead," I said softly, easily putting it together

I felt like a tool for not thinking that through

Jonesy looked athim a thanks look

Bobbi put up her hand "It’s over now It’s just one of those things"

One Of Those Things?

I threw back hed Yeah I was so sure that those types of things happened to everyone

When we could finally stop laughing Jonesy chirped, "I think I can get to Tiff"

"How?" I asked

Clyde, Bobbi and Jade looked at him

"Like Gale found Clyde"

Bobbi looked at Clyde and shrugged "It’s a death-vibe," she said, save her one back

"Clyde!" she cried