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"Then why are we doing this? Seriously? We could leave"

I pinned hiain, and this ti St Delphi along"

"I’m sure he’ll appreciate the invite" Truth was, the idea of running aas tantalizing as hell It wasn’t like I hadn’t considered it before, and we could hide for as long as we could, but it wasn’t right "There’s enough of me left inside that knows I can’t do that"

Seth cocked his head against the bars but said nothing

"I especially can’t after what Ares did, but it’s more than that There are so many innocent people ill end up enslaved by him or dead I couldn’t live with myself"

"I could"

One side of my lips tipped up "Of course"

There was a stretch of silence, and then he said, "You’re so different"

I didn’t knohat to say

"It’s not because you’re crazy, but I knohat you went through"

Themy back tensed "I wanted to die" There I said it out loud, and it sounded just as horrible as when I thought it

Seth lowered his gaze "I know"

"Part of me wishes--"

"Don’t say it" Seth stood quickly and backed away frole of shaoing to let me out It’s probably better if you don’t until we have a plan that we can act on immediately It will make everyone else feel better"

"Would it make you feel better?" I pushed to my feet

Seth backed farther into the shadows of his cell "It should ed in a cell, too, like the one Seth was in

"You don’t," Seth said I el"

"Don’t call me that"

Seth didn’t respond The conversation was obviously over I lingered for anotherelse to say at this point I ended up not saying anything as I turned around and headed toward the titaniu I knew for certain: Seth wasn’t going to trick us And if he ca for aether and for no other reason It didn’twith Ares

Opening the door, I spied a lithe forainst the wall It wasn’t Solos

Crap

I closed the door behind me, took a deep breath, and faced Aiden Locks of dark hair fell over his forehead in uncontrollable waves His hair was starting to curl like Deacon’s, and I favored that wilder look Right now the edges of that hair brushed equally dark eyebrows--eyebrows that were currently slaht line, and his eyes were a gunray He was not a happy camper

"Hi?" I said lamely

The muscles in his folded arms rippled under the black shirt he wore He was so still he was alht"

I shifted ht fro a da," he added in voice that was too cal that was I was entering the danger zone "Especially after what happened between us? Did you stop and consider what I would think when I woke up and found you gone?"

He had a point "I’m sorry, but I’m okay"

"Obviously, you’re not okay"

I opened , but then I realized so else Knots formed in my stomach "How much did you hear?"

Aiden unfolded his arh"

My brain winced Doesn’t sound possible, but it was "Aiden--"

"Hearing you say that you loved him ell, there aren’t many words for that"

Heat rushed my face "I said not in the same way I feel for you"

"Wait" He held up his hand, silencing et you to talk to ured you weren’t ready, so I haven’t pushed it, but then you leave o talk to him"

Uh Oh

"And then you tell hi on in your head when you’ve barely told ?"