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"Aren’t you curious, ive me, I don’t know your narave tilted his head with a slight sht not to tell hiood-hueous--that Skye realized if she’d s, she would have trusted him immediately Completely

He said, "Aquite literal now Within you lies a secret waiting to be discovered If Lorenzo is to be believed, your blood has unique powers Unique advantages Don’t you want to knohat they are? Balthazar can’t tell you It’s not in his nature to understand this It is in ht have been about to kiss "Only I can give you the answers you want Only I can explain the line between life and death"

All the h her visions over the past month flooded back to her, but one beyond the rest welled up in her mind--one she hadn’t witnessed, but one that had haunted her for al her face away froet it froain One way or another"

Her legs shaky, shea not very good job of pretending to be absorbed only in her texting "Sooooo," she singsonged "Looks like you made a new friend at the poetry board"

"He’s not a friend He’s … so like that" Madison stared in wonder as Redgrave strode across the roouys all of a sudden?"

"Forget it" Skye snatched up her backpack "Let’s head out The ga soon anyway"

Her heart pounded Her li herself she ought to have been relieved Redgrave really wouldn’t attack when she was in a public enough space That gave her a lot of safety More than she’d thought she had this ht?

But the questions he’d asked kept ringing in heron with her? Could he give her answers? Was there a way to give hi herself safe and alive?

As they walked out of Café Keats, Skye glanced over at the poetry board Before leaving, Redgrave had changed his offering, sliding away the re another word in its place

Now the line read only joinBlue--PULL THROUGH!"

Cheers and clapping echoed through the gymnasiuroup of people Madison knew Though everyone was friendly enough, nobody went out of their way to talk to Skye, whichto nobody That was fine with her

She whipped out her phone to send a e was froht I re this school spirit stuff is Actually, I’d blocked it out, like any other kind of pain