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But Jamie had set Stella free and they stood Stella cradled her broken wrist Megan and Adaan up beneath her ar her toward one of the hallith Stella by his side We were still locked in the building, but Jude would leave them alone now that he hadthat he never would His jaas iron and his stare was fierce I would ood-bye, I realized

Noah saw it in my expression and shook his head slowly His voice was cal to be fine," he said

I will fix this, he htened, and the blade pressed into ripped hter A trail of warive you anything," Noah said to Jude His voice was quiet "Anything"

Jude spoke to Noah, but his lips were atyou have that I want Not anymore"

Iin him died

I couldn’t take it I wasn’t afraid anymore for myself; just miserably, desperately sad "He won’t kill ainst a white, bare, eed us slowly toward the hallway, flanked by patient rooain

Trapped The word triggered a memory I remembered--

A different hallway Illuminated by the flash of Rachel’s caether behind Rachel and Claire, sticking to the middle of the cavernous hall Patient rooo anywhere near them When Rachel and Claire disappeared behind a corner I sped up, terrified to lose theeways

I had been trapped before

And I escaped before

With nothing more than a bruise on my cheek, which wasn’t even fro purple stain on my cheekbone in the hospital ht the asylum down, but I made it out unharmed Safe

But Jude escaped, too, hter and I knew his eyes were locked on Noah’s The blade edged into my skin and I felt a rush of war every last drop ofable to make Noah watch

I wanted to hurt him back

And maybe I could Yes, Jude escaped--but without his hands

Which meant I could hurt him, but not kill him; I’d tried so many times to kill Jude before and it never worked, but I did escape I brought the asyluet free

And Noah Hecollapsed but he was different, like me--so he would survive likecollapsed, he would heal He always did Noah would be safe

But Jamie? Stella? They were different like us, too Like Jude Which ht be wounded

Noah could heal theh He healed et us out, he could fix the ed into the shadows I saw the blood-soaked girl in the garden I saw Ada in the sand