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I have to try
I fall to ht’s body The wound doesn’t even look so bad There’s not as h that I should be able to heal this, right? It should work It has to work But this one is right on his heart, straight through I press acy to kick in I did it before I can do it again I have to
Nothing happens I feel cold all over, but it’s not the iciness of ht here in theon around one out of me and I just feel hollow
Just a few yards away, Five is shouting butThe blade he used to stab Eight has retracted back into its wrist-mounted sheath His hands are on his head, like he can’t believe what he’s just done At the base of the tree, Nine has fallen silent, in a state of shock If only he’d shut upback to her feet, looking groggy, trying tohas fallen apart
"It was an accident!" Five is babbling "I didn’t mean to do that! Marina, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it!"
"Be quiet," I hiss
That’s when I hear the dreaded huins bloildly as the sleek silver vessel starts descending from the sky This was all just a setup orchestrated by Five, so of course he’d have backup waiting in the wings
I lean over and touch a gentle kiss to Eight’s cheek I want to say so person he was, howlife we’re forced to lead "I’ll never forget you," I whisper
I feel a hand onover , pleading withI said is the truth"
He’s insane Insane to touch me I can’t believe he’d even have the audacity to do that after what he just did "Shut up," I warn him
"You can’t win, Marina!" he continues "You’re better off joining with me You--you--" Five stammers as his breath mists in front of his mouth, the humidity around us cut by a sudden chill His teeth chatter "What are you doing?"
Soer like this before and it’s alacy spreads throughand bitter and dead I’ cold Near Five and me, the murky sater crackles as the surface turns instantly to ice The plants withinunder the flash freeze
"Ma-Marina? Stop" Five, hugging himself to keep waro out from under hiacy coursing through me, I act on pure furious instinct I jerk ed icicle for upwards He’s not quick enough to get out of the way and the icicle stabs straight through his foot, pinning him to that spot Five screarabs at his iround It strikes Five right in the face If it was any larger, it would’ve probably killed him Instead, it merely takes out one of his eyes
Five falls to the frozen ground aardly, his foot still i "Stop it! Please, stop it!"
He’s a monster and he deserves this But no I can’t do it I’m not like him I won’t kill one of my own people in cold blood, even after what he’s done
"Marina!" Six shouts "Coadorian ship has landed and its doors are opening Over by the tree, its branches now sagging under the weight of fresh ice, Six has thrown Nine over her shoulder She holds her hand out to me
I take one last look at Five He holds both his hands over his face, grasping at his ruined eye He’s crying, the tears turning to frost on his cheeks
"If I see you again, you traitorous bastard," I yell, "I’ll take the other fucking eye!"
Fivesound Pathetic
I’m about to run to Six, but stop At ht’s body As I realize what I’ve done, the air around ins to war ice that separates ht I want to take hiadorians and lay him to rest like he deserves, but there’s no ti atin
"I’ nurab her outstretched hand We turn invisible
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
I SNAP AWAKE AND SIT UP RAMROD STRAIGHT IN a bed that isn’t my own I know i pain of a new scar burning into htotten a scar And yet, I can feel the burned skin, stinging and raw, the pain htmare was real--we’ve lost soh, barely even have ti at adorian standing in front of the bedroo in fro a cannon at me My instincts take over and I roll to o I was co with my telekinesis He flies backwards, out theand into the empty air, and plummets to the street below
It’s bedlam, the chaos in the real world htmare The bedroom has been co in the doorway, using a broken bookshelf for cover With one arm she cradles Ella’s still unconscious body and with the other she haphazardly sprays unfire, with h the penthouse There’s so many of the any return fire