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"No" His face twisted into a fierce scowl "I would never do that"

"Then how can you ask me to do the same?" I was close to tears,captured, suffering what his brother had "You can’t"

"I’m sorry" The lines of his face softened and he bent his head, quickly kissing ht I shouldn’t have asked you to do that"

I blinked furiously "How could you even consider askinglike that?" Now I really wanted to sock hies were in

"You caved pretty easily," I whispered, distrustful

He laughed, sliding his arainst him "I just understand what you mean"

Uh, yeah, this was odd I tipped n But all I saas tenderness and a bit of the s self-assurance that was always there I didn’t bother asking hi, because I doubted he’d ’fess up, and I wanted to believe that he’d seen the error of his ways

But I wasn’t stupid

Chapter 35

On the afternoon before proiron While the conversation started off a bit aard, it eased up about halfway through the styling process The conversation was light and easy by the tin that showed off all her hard work

I was applying e of one with a simple twist--a ponytail with her hair wrapped around it in a thick bun, a classic look that showed off her angular face perfectly

Rubbing my pinkie under my eye, I blended the brown eyeliner "Are you excited about tonight?"

She shrugged "I just want to do it, because, you know, it’s our last year It’s probably going to be our last year together--all of us--and I want to experience it I know Adao and have fun"

I placed the eyeliner in lancing back into the bedroouy ould want the best for you, no matter what it meant for him"

A smile flickered and faded "He was"

With a sense of sadness, I turned back to the olden tube She should be with Adaht "Dee, I’m--"

"I know" One second she was on the bed and the next she was standing in the doorway Her lower half faded out and as that weird to see "I know you’re sorry I know you never intended for Ada the piece of obsidian betweenif I could"

Her gaze flickered away fro over ht?"

Facing the mirror once more, I blinked back tears For a moment, it had felt like we’d come so far, but then the door had been slammed in my face Okay, maybe we had come somewhere, but not as far as I wanted to

So, stop being a wussy, I ordered myself That’s a lot of makeup to waste

"Katy?"

"I’h "Who wouldn’t be? But I’ not to think about it That’s what I did last time, and I was so freaked out"

"I would be freaked out nois waiting by the car" She disappeared from the doorway in a flash and reappeared by the closet She lovingly unwrapped my prom dress "Just be careful and keep my brothers safe Okay?"

My heart tripped and I didn’t hesitate "Okay"

Switching places, she finished with her makeup, and I slipped on my dress Moain She snapped pictures of Dee andabout how I used to play dress-up in her shoes and run around the house naked, and that was all before Dee left and Daeet worse fro rooiven ood in just about anything--jeans, sweats, a lumberjack outfit--but in a black tux tailored to his broad shoulders and narrow hips, he was absolutely a

Dark waves fell across his forehead, swept to the right He held a pretty corsage in one hand As he straightened his tie, his gaze started at the tips ofin a few spots I hoped ers stilled around the tie, and I flushed, feeling the intensity in his gaze and his approval

Daemon did like the color red

My cheeks had to match my dress by then

He walked up to er and stopped a foot before me, bent his head, and whispered, "You look beautiful"

A deep flutter started in my stomach and spread "Thank you You don’t look so bad yourself"

Mo pictures and fussing over us Whenever she looked at Daeot the doe-eyed look on her face She was totally smitten with hi the corsage out and tying it to e was a sireen leaves and baby’s breath Beautiful We posed for Mo like Sihts wandered to Simon as we did a couple more pictures and Daemon swapped out the cahter bit

Was Simon alive? Blake had sworn that the last he’d seen Simon, the boy had been alive as the DOD carted him away Whatever happened to Simon was because he had seen me lose control of the Source Another possible death linked to me, and Simon had to be dead, because ould the DOD or Daedalus ith hiht of Carissa