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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
The Realm of Blood and Shadows
FRANTIC, TORIN PACED beside his bed Mari had arrived a few o--only to collapse She was sick So very sick
And he was responsible
He should never have touched her, should never have allowed her to shake his ungloved hand
He was so worried for her he could barely see straight She lay on the bed, coughing for the thousandth tiled froes of Torin’s worry, and he punched a hole in the wall, desperate for some type of release "Why didn’t you tell me I could make you sick with my touch?"
"I hadto die"
"You had to die?" He sto the weapon responsible?" Hoas he supposed to live with hi he’d killed yet another innocent?
"Noworries No plague Only me Never touchanyone else"
Oh, he knew she was only ever allowed in her prison and his bedroom, but that didn’t make this any better He stalked to his door and locked it, ensuring none of his friends could burst inside for any reason "You still should have told me," he croaked "It should have been my choice"
"Sorry Not wantto die Resisted But No other way Cronus saidfriend would befreed"
Cronus had also said Torin wouldn’t sicken the wo of the Titans is dead Your friend won’t be freed"
"Vows lasteven after death"
And Torin hadn’t been shed between every word A hacking cough that had shaken her entire body "Moiven her life for her friend He understood the desire He did But that didn’t make this any easier He returned to her side and peered down at her Her skin was ghostly white, a blue tracery of veins apparent There were bruises under her eyes, and her lips were split and scabbed fro chewed The last time she’d visited, she had looked healthy and whole Noenty-four hours later, she was reduced to this
Death was knocking on her door Maybe she would answer today Maybe to her
No, he thought next No He had to try So So far, he’d failed to help Cameo and Viola, but he could help this wo with cold water He raced back to the girl’s side Gloves covered his hands, so he didn’t hesitate to drape the cloth over her forehead He’d never touched a human twice, and wasn’t sure ould happen to Mari if his skin were to brush hers a second tiet sicker faster? Probably
At his computer, he printed the list he’d recently created The ones with ot out Then, he called Lucien "Flash to the States, to a phars" He tossed out the naht now"
"I’ll put a camera on her I’ll make sure no one approaches her, I swear Just do what I asked Please" Torin hung up on hiirl "Now you listen to ive up and allow yourself to die You want your friend out, there’s another way I told you about Sienna Well, she arrived at the fortress just thisGive her a chance"
Tears streamed from Mari’s eyes and tracked down her cheeks
"Please," he said
She gave an almost imperceptible nod But a nod was a nod
"People have survived this" Not many, but a few, and no one who’d had direct contact with him "You can, too" She had to His heart couldn’t take another death
Bang, bang, bang
"Leave the stuff and go," Torin called, knowing Lucien was at the door
"What’s going on?" the warrior dehed
Tense silence filled the rooirl you had in there Is she sick? Is she the one in need of the ed to cut through the wood of the door
"Leave the stuff and go," he repeated
Movement at the corner of his eye He turned--and there was Lucien, dropping a bag on the floor The warrior had flashed inside the rooirl
Accusation tightened his features "You said she was i a carrier"
"You should have told me about this" The accusation in Lucien’s expression was like taking a knife to the back "I need to take everyone to a new location Especially the woht of that How foolish could Torin be?
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