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Adria’s rapt voice bringsto do, Isaac He didn’t know"

I look to and fro for an explanation

Harry shakes his head "She’s telling you the truth," he says "She was supposed to infect Aramei…not kill her"

I blink back, stunned as much as Harry was before

"What?" Nathan says "How is it you couldn’t see that!?"

Harry breathes in deeply and his gaze strays toward the trees before falling right back on me

"It doesn’t always happen the way it’s supposed to," he clarifies "And I’ll face the consequences of my failure, later But not from you or anyone else"

Adria and Daisy’s heads whip around to Harry at the same time

"Harry, what’s that supposed to mean?" Daisy says

He walks up and takes her shoulders into his hands, looking upon her with cal any of us needs to be doing is getting as far away frofor the ride"

I’hly pissed at Harry, because after all, he knew Adria was going to do so her, the result as far as my father is concerned would likely have turned out the saht now, Adria needs all of the protection she can get

I don’t answer Harry directly because I can’t A verbal response just feels too forgiving at the moment, but when I don’t force him away, he’s fully aware of h of relief and laces her ar to both Adria and Harry

Adria lowers her eyes, indicating another unfortunate outcome and I’m not sure how many more of these I can take

"She was a Praverian," Adria finally says

It seemed that Harry was about to be the one to tell me this, but Adria took over for him

"I drank her Soul," Harry says "She revealed herself to eline was tired and just wanted to be at peace and so I drank her Soul"

He doesn’t seeet the distinct feeling that he is relating to how Eva felt

I wonder just how old Harry really is hioes inside the cabin except the servants," Adria adds "Your father ets back here"

Adria chokes out another sobbing fit and Alexandra hugs her tighter Adriaand she may be able to come to terms hat she’s done sooner than some, but she’s still devastated over it She cries into Alexandra’s shirt for several long seconds until she forces herself to suck it up

I let her have her moment with her sister; there will be more, after all

I look out at everyone else, my sisters and brothers, Rachel and even Sebastian who has been standing beside her the entire ti, too, but this isn’t the tiuess the real question here is, whose side are you all on?"

Nathan pats me on the back "It’s not even a question, bro"

Xavier steps up and slance at Sebastian and Rachel

Sebastian points his finger in the air "This is and will always be rins wickedly frooes," she says, and although that’s not much of a loyal response, like always I have to set aside her Vargas lineage

The few others left who have always lived in the house with us, but were refugees and related to no one, step up to declare their loyalty toAdria’s hand "The only one here I’as sensibility, but entirely forgivable

Xavier’s rin as he looks across at Alexandra "I totally defended your honor with that bitch-ass ex-boyfriend of yours today, not to mention, when I rushed into the depths of Hell to try and break you free from that crazy white-haired chick--I still don’t have your appreciation?"

Alexandra rolls her eyes and her head falls back "The depths of Hell? Really?" She shakes her head "Dramatic, aren’t we?"

"What about Viktor and Ashe?" Nathan says toabout what to do with the

I look toward the basement where on the other side of it they are still chained to the wall

"Adria," I say and she looks up frorab whatever’s et in the Jeep"

Everyone else knows the deether into the house Alexandra seems reluctant to leave Adria, but finally she heads inside, too Nathan stays withat me Then she wraps her arainst my chest