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We rode in the rhyth you, chère?" Henri asked, his eyes sharp, brows dran, rerong, and a lot of things were right Sharing wasn’t usually , "I just want this all to be over and done with, you knoant"

"What?"

"I want Sebastian to get better I wish none of you had ever gone to Athena’s temple"

"Yeah, well, you couldn’t have stopped us Bastian and I would have done anything to get Violet away froot Vi and your father back Getting shot was a sain"

I kneithout a doubt that Sebastian felt the same

"Sometio and say shit that rin appeared on his face "Girls say that to me all the time"

I shookback But then I turned serious "Why are you so hard on Dub all the ti, but"

Henri’s se I did a lot of stupid stuff Got in a lot of trouble I see hi the say He doesn’t think before he acts, and I don’t want him to end up"

Like him But Henri couldn’t say it He looked at me with a depth I’d never seen before "There is a reason I’m the only one left in my family I don’t want Dub to hurt the people he loves because he didn’t take the time to think"

"Henri," I breathed, shocked and wanting to reach out to hiave me a rueful smile "I made my peace with ling, I know You didn’t see him while you were in the Quarter, did you?"

"No, not this time"

My ears perked up at that "But other tied I could tell he didn’t want to break the bond of brotherhood he had with Sebastian, and I didn’t want to force hi before I ca to put Henri in the ot up as the car slowed to a stop at Canal Street

We walked down to Chartres, which would take us directly in front of the school

"I wonder if they’re still around," he said as we closed in on our destination

"We’re about to find out Can you do a few flybys of the school?"

"One is all I need"

"I’ll wait for you on one of the benches in the square Say five minutes?"

"I’ll do it in four Watch and learn, rookie Watch and learn" Henri sauntered off, broke into a jog, then disappeared into the darkness

Menai found me in three minutes

Henri returned in four

"Where’s the other one?" he asked as he strode up to us, the ends of his flannel shirt flying behind him

"Mel doesn’t like the attention she attracts in the human realm," Menai answered casually "She’saround"

"What do youworld and one in the Underworld She can go ghost whenever she wants She could be here right now, and unless you’re a seer or a powerful medium, you’d never know"