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He chewed and sed "Truth" He then kissed h … lots and lots of it… My heart began pounding loudly against asped and raised ?"

"I’m not sure…" I frowned I couldn’t deny the fear Suddenly, I felt like ere being watched, like ere in danger "Could we go somewhere else, please?" I asked hi at me with concern

We hurriedly packed up As we headed back to the hotel, I clung to Derek tightly

"Everything’s going to be alright now, Sofia," he assuredmy forehead

"I know," I told hi that the cure and our inning

Chapter 48: Vivienne

The number of hunters Arron sent to "patrol" The Shade left me ill at ease I knew that to trust them would be a fatal mistake

I couldn’t blame Derek for the choice he er loomed over all of us, and everyone in The Shade felt it

Ian, Anna and Kyle were all brought to hunter headquarters We asked that regular reports of their status be given to us, but it had been teeks and not a single piece of news had been shared with us regarding as happening to thenored

The tension in The Shade was growing by thea severe ainst?" I asked Aiden We were standing on top of one of the towers of the Cri wind blowing against our faces "Who is this Arron?"

Aiden shrugged "He’s the one in control He calls all the shots as far as hunters are concerned"

"What’s he like?"

"Ruthless" Aiden frowned "I honestly don’t understand why he agreed to Derek’s ter about their conversation… They knew so… Arron and Derek… I’race period Arron is giving us… it comes with a price"

As if the constant visions of the future I was having weren’t already bothering e, increasing my discoht about it, why didn’t you say soed "Derek and Sofia went through hell to be together Fros, they’re about to return to utter chaos once they get back here They deserve their one ht" I nodded I wanted to reassureto be okay, that ing at er that I couldn’t quite place "Tell me, Aiden, do you really believe for oneto ith us?"

The older man smirked as he shook his head "Not for one minute We all became hunters for one reason and one reason alone, Vivienne It’s because every single one of us harbors a deep hatred for vaine what kind of hatred Arron has for your kind A lifetio of, because a cure has eh what I’d just been told I began shaking my head

"What is it, Vivienne? Why all of a sudden are you askingyou to ask them soon after Derek and Sofia left I was surprised that you didn’t, and then you do now…"

"I didn’t want to ask, because I wanted to first observe Well, that and because I didn’t want to deal with the reality of it all, but with the visions and the way things are being handled here in The Shade… The sense of tension and ani to explode…" Aiden squared his shoulders, standing to his full height, as he crossed his ar hi, Vivienne?"

I cringed I didn’t knohere to begin, how to tell hi, oftentimes surreal, never as clear as the visions I used to have Still, each vision I saw had one thing in coed for Derek’s presence I never did quite feel as safe as I did when I was around hi in e to live life forthat keptto locate my brother and his wife

I drew a deep breath as I turned my attention toward Aiden "I don’t understand the visions, Aiden I can’t even explain theinning of our problems Derek killed Emilia over Sofia, then they were able to find the cure The Elder isn’t just going to let that go"

"But we all knohat E as they reht"