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"You’re an idiot Helprooirl ooped up in his arms without Cinder’s help

"Here, on the couch" Cinder bustled ahead of hiood like this" Thorne shifted his arainst his chest, her blonde curls clinging to the zipper of his leather jacket

"Thorne Put her down Now"

Muttering soirl down and ed her shirt to cover her bared stos when Cinder grabbed him by the back of his collar and hauled hinized us The moment she wakes up she’ll have a comm to the police"

Thorne pulled a portscreen out of his jacket pocket and handed it to Cinder

"What’s that?"

"Her port I took it off her while you were busy panicking"

Cinder snatched the portscreen away and shoved it into the side pocket of herbefore she tells soate and realize ere looking for Michelle Benoit and then they’ll be looking for Michelle Benoit and--o"

"I think we should stay and talk to her Maybe she’ll knohere to find Michelle"

"Stay and talk to her? And give her evenI ever heard"

"Hey, I liked , but you already vetoed that idea, so now I’ate her And I aairlfriends where we--"

"That’s enough" Cinder raised her hand, silencing hi now You can stay here with your girlfriend if you like" She marched past him

Thorne stayed on her heels "Now that was definitely jealousy I just heard"

A whimper stopped theirl’s eyelashes fluttering open

Cinder cursed again and tugged Thorne toward the entryway, but he didn’t budge After a rip androo herself against the arm of the sofa

"Don’t be alar to hurt you"

"You’re those people fro European accent She gaped at Cinder "You’re the … the…"

"Escaped Lunar cyborg fugitive?" Thorne offered

The last bit of color drained froirl’s face Cinder prayed for patience

"A-are you going to kill me?"

"No! No, no, no, of course not" Thorne slid himself onto the other end of the sofa "We just want to ask you a few questions"

The girl gulped

"What’s your na Thorne with a mixture of distrust and mild hope "Émilie," she breathed, barely audible

"Éirl"

Fighting back the urge to gag, Cinder thuirl’s attention back to her and Éain

"Sorry," said Cinder, holding out both hands "Uh, it’s really nice to meet--"

É, her focus latched on to Cinder’s metal hand "Please don’t kill me I won’t tell anyone I saw you! I pro, Cinder stared at the offensive li half that the girl was afraid of It was the Lunar in her She glanced at Thorne, as glaring accusations at her, before throwing her arms into the air "Fine, you take care of it," she said, and marched out of the room

She sat down on the stairs, where she could hear Thorne trying to calh the frontShe folded her elbows on top of her knees and listened to Thorne’s cooing and É headache

Once, people had looked at her with revulsion Now, people were terrified of her

She wasn’t sure which orse

She wanted to scream to the world that it wasn’t her fault she was this way She’d had nothing to do with it

It surely wouldn’t have been her choice if one had been given to her

Lunar

Cyborg

Fugitive

Outlaw

Outcast