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"The rips are using you as a power source As long as they can possess you, they can live They aren’t going to give you up without a fight"
She stared down at her hands "What happens if I lose?"
My throat felt like I’d sed a bucket of sawdust "I don’t know, but we’ll find answers Bete’re learning every day, and the nu to help, and the wealth of information we already have … we’ll find answers"
"How can I avoid them? They find me If they want to take me over …"
Poe covered one of her hands with his briefly and then stood "Dune’s right, Hallie We’re going to get answers I will figure out what got you in this position, and then I’ll learn how to reverse it"
He left the kitchen, and Hallie and I stared at each other through silence
"Are you okay?" I asked
"No It’s just a et out next time?"
I pulled her into my arms, rested my chin on top of her head "You will"
I wanted to believe it, but things were happening too fast The truths about the Infinityglass came slowly at first, but now the terrible possibilities were tu toward us in a rush
At what I feared was the end of the story
Chapter 19
Hallie
Dune sat at lass contingent out to sightsee I’d spent the day staring at my TV and tried to lose myself in a Supernatural marathon, but I was too stressed out to enjoy the eye candy Finally, I clicked the remote and stood
"Off" I closed the lid of his laptop, barelye to the floor "All you’ve done is stare at that da to find answers"
I dropped onto the bed "Sit with me"
He didn’t touchto do this, Dune" I gestured to the e yourself fro yourself fro you roo ht now, okay? I need it"
Dune’s arms were around me in a second "I need it, too"
Relief eased entle, insistent--not enough
I wrappedmy eyes, I teased his iven"
"I’ over and over again in conversation would be good for us, and I didn’t have any neers"
"I understand, but I don’t want to lose tiet it back later?"
His thu to figure out how to stop the rips fro over"
This was the capable Dune, the one everyone looked to for ideas and support Totally solid, co th behind the scenes "Astrapped in one place my whole life, now I don’t want to , Can they find me here? Am I safe here?"