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"Fine" I straightened, refusing to voice o, then" It’d been stupid to think we could be anythingto accomplish? Even if I’d been able to sleep with hih with this would’ve led to nothing but heartbreak

I pushed away frory ath the dark until I raers into the door With a pained curse, I fumbled for the knob, but when I couldn’t find it within two seconds I growled out more ofwith my back to the door as I cradleddeal about saying Oren, anyway?" I felt sulky and yet heartbroken, realizing I still wasn’t going to get the one thing I wantedreluctant "It’s the last word to leave my sister’s bloody lips before she died in my arms"

"Oh" I shuddered, my voice barely a whisper "Oh, hell"

"Yeah," hewith unease and sorrow, and shame, I wondered what I was supposed to do now I blew out a breath and tried to control the sudden shaking in o and confess so like that to me? I hadn’t even known he’d had a sister Shit, I didn’t know he had family at all As far as I was concerned, he could’ve sprouted fully horny out the side of some Zeus dude’s head

I covered my mouth with a shaky hand How could I not already know about this? I’dthere was to know about him I doubt Noel even knew, because ht?

Discovering it now, though, told me how much it had left hiroup, or I’d know Thatthe pain I wondered how long ago--

"So" he said in a conversational tone that I sas laced orry Did he regret telling me what he’d just told me? "I can’t help but notice you’re still here"

I sniffed and wipedI just wanted to cry A lot "Sorry," I o"

But as soon as I put my hands down on the floor to push o"

Shuffling in the dark toldcloser And then I swear he knelt in front of , are you?"

"No" My face heated with shame, horrified he even kneanted to I felt so stupidand small "But I am sorry About your sister I didn’t know"

"Well, no one knew, so" He trailed off as if he was shrugging