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"I can guess about the worry," I said, and looked away from him I was too raw, too susceptible to his concern and his ain "And I’m sorry," I repeated

"Where were you?" he deo there?"

"I don’t knooke up, and there I was"

Mr Holland opened his mouth, but Cole cut hier far froht about this transformation in hiive her a minute to explain"

Cole whipped to hi, "You’d like that, wouldn’t you?"

"Uhyeah We’d all like that" Confused, Gavin looked tome to explain Cole’s odd behavior I couldn’t

And then I didn’t want to The world faded--

--Gavin was inin front of me I spun him and pushed him down on the bed, then cli his neck My tongue swiped over his skin as I tugged at his shirt, trying to pull it off his body and--

--s just as quickly as it had vanished, only to realize Cole had just punched the partition overh Then he pushed Gavin

Gavin stumbled backward and scrubbed a hand down his face

"What did you see?" Cole demanded "Tell me, before I--"

"Get control of yourself, son" Mr Holland grabbed him by the arm and thrust him toward the door "If you can’t, leave"

Cole took only a mo shut behind hilance before following him A few seconds later, I heard the squeal of tires and the spray of gravel

"The rest of you need to leave, as well," Mr Holland said "Except you, Gavin You stay"

All of the slayers filed out, except for Gavin Mackenzie threw ht

"I’ et hurt?"

"No" Mr Holland stared atintoto ask what you and Gavin saw in your vision Judging frouess What I want to knohat happened to you last night"

Not too long ago, this man had found me utterly unreliable He hadn’t wanted me here What would he do if he learned the truth, that I was rotting from the inside out?

Soon I could very well be a hazard to everyone we loved

"I blacked out," I said

"I was told the zoht" I shuddered with revulsion They must already consider me one of their own

"I want Ankh to check you out," Mr Holland said

I wouldn’t protest "Okay" Just ould he find? Would he discover the source of the problem? He hadn’t yet

"And I want you off rotation until this is figured out"

A denial rose immediately One I quickly sed I’d ale in battle without me I deserved this, and worse

I looked down, ashamed, and nodded

Mr Holland faced Gavin "Drive her ho said his piece and issued his orders, he stomped out the door

As soon ere trapped in his car, alone, Gavin said, "Why do we keep having the same vision?"

"I don’t know With Cole, we usually only had the same vision a few times before a new one took its place"

"Maybe this one is important"

I knew he didn’t mean that in a conceited way His tone was too confused "Maybe we’re not getting whatever it wants us to get"

"So the visions are alive? Sentient?"