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When I approached the in a low voice, but shut his mouth immediately when he saw me

"Gemma," Stephan said in an eerily calm voice "It’s so nice to finallylike he’d never met me before What a jerk Now I’d love to be able to tell you that I spat every foul word that was running throughthere in the sa, and led inside my throat So instead, I just stood there like a coward, nervously eyeballing the Death Walkers that were gathering out in the driveway

"Well, Alex, you’ve done a good job here--keeping her out of trouble and everything," Stephan said "But I’ll take it from here"

Take it from here What did that mean? Detach my soul Sick the Death Walkers on me? I eyed the door that led back inside the cabin, conte whether or not to o?

"Okay," Alex told Stephan, and I wanted to smack him in the back of the head

"Traitor," I muttered

He shot me a look and shook his head once as if to say be quiet

"Look," Alex said to Stephan, "I understand that there are sos that need to be done here But what I don’t understand is why they’re here" He pointed at the Death Walkers

"That is a very good question" Stephan said in a condescending tone "But right now, all I need for you to do is give me the Sword of Immortality and keep yourthat I do"

Wow I couldn’t help but wonder if there was soo to in order to be such crappy parents/guardians, because Stephan reminded me a lot of Marco and Sophia with the do-what-you’re-told-and-don’t-ask-any-questions attitude

Speaking of Marco and Sophia, weren’t they supposed to be gracing us with their presence?

Stephan held out his hand and tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Alex to surrender the sword over

"Okay, I’ll give you the sword," Alex said, andI have to ask you before I do"

"Make it quick," Stephan gru I knew, Alex’s fist was sla ered back Alex yelled atinside the house and out the back door into the forest

Definitely not the brightest thing I’ve ever done

Chapter 35

I’d made it a little ways into the forest before the entire severity ofchased by Death Walkers and Stephan Great thinking Gemma Way to set yourself up for a cold death Didn’t your dreaenius

Debating whether to head back and get the heck out of the trees, I slowed to a jog What were my options here? I mean, I could either head back to the cabin and face whatever aiting forfarther into the trees, probably end up lost, and eventually get captured if this played out anything likepossibility After discovering I possessed Foreseer abilities, and that Iinto visions without the crystal balls help, what’s not to say that htmares weren’t the real deal too?

In thesnap from behind s I could barely see a thing, though The only light I had to go by was the faint light trickling down from the moon

My heart hammered in my chest as I slid the knife out of my back pocket and held it out in front ofWhich, of course, I so wasn’t Another snapping twig, and then I saw it--htened on the handle of the knife,before my eyes as Stephan and a handful of Death Walkers ascended froht for lazed cold, and I was hit with a spine chilling sense of déjà vu

My breathing was heavy My hand trethe blade at him He flicked it out of round with a clank Then he bent down, scooped it up, and tucked it into the pocket of his jacket

"Hello Ge somewhere?"

Okay, so nohat?

Chapter 36

Dragging h the snow back toward the cabin The Death Walkers chill nipped athad slowed due to the cold I wasn’t going to lie and say I wasn’t scared I was downright terrified But on a positive note, unlike in htmares, he hadn’t commanded the Death Walkers to finish s were never supposed to co me to the side as he swerved around a dead pine tree "This wasn’t part of the plan"

"What plan?" I asked in a shaky voice "The one where you kill hed like it was the silliest thing he’d ever heard "Oh Ge alive is very important"

"Important to whom?" I whimpered as my shoulder scrapped the bark of a tree My skin burned beneathout

"And ust "He should know better Let’s just hope no pere to what?" I asked