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"It was a do-or-die situation" Poe didn’t look at him either He didn’t look at anyone but Hallie "Andto let it go "You never told us what your exotic matter source is You have to have it to open veils How are you teleporting yourself or anyone else?"

"I create my own exotic matter"

"Can other people use it, too?" Emerson asked "Like, say, time travelers?"

Dead quiet descended on the roolass’s source of exotic matter, had betrayed us No one with the time travel skill had been able to use it since she walked out

"I think they can" Poe’s attention shifted from Hallie to Emerson, and then to Michael

Michael nodded, and Emerson took his hand

From the way Kaleb looked at Poe, he’d discovered soht you killed Eet a pinky toe into the veil It was as hard as a rock"

"I’m sorry, what?" Hallie stared at Kaleb as if he’d claioal was to be a princess

"Oh" E deal "There was this time that Poe killed me, but it totally didn’t stick, and we’ve worked it out So Don’t worry about it"

Hallie’s eyes ide "I’ underany eized, numerous times" Em smiled at him "Then after that, he saved me and Michael"

"It’s not like I’htened "But I hope I’ve found another way to make it up to you both"

"You’re a hero to us, Poe" Hallie looked at Poe until he met her eyes "Alill be"

"I hate to ruin thethe focus back around to Hallie?" I waited until I had everyone’s attention "Poe ed to pull you in, and you survived"

"Because of her regeneration ability," Poe said "Has to be"

"I was so sick that night," Hallie said, her gaze intensifying "I came out on the other side, couldn’t hear or see, and I kept throwing up That was the night I saw a rip for the first ti or connect the dots The next day hen eneration went into overdrive"

"I’m so sorry, Hallie" Poe stared at her, and the darkness was back

"Do not apologize to me, or blarabbed Poe’s shoulders and leaned in close "You aren’t responsible Did you do it on purpose?"

Poe shook his head

Hallie squeezed hiroup, hands on hips, chin angled out "It wasn’t Poe’s fault"

"We agree with you, Hallie," Michael said quietly

"That’s it That’s the answer" My brain spun so fast s and to take control of the hope in my chest "If the veil was the stressor that set Hallie off, then Poe could pull Teague into a veil and set off her activation"

"How do you feel about that?" Emerson asked Hallie, in a soft voice

"If we did it on purpose?" Emotions raced across Hallie’s face "It doesn’t make me any different from her She createdher as one?"

Teague had never treated Hallie like a hter Even the bedtime stories she’d told Hallie had an ulterior motive