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And as he slowly leans away and releases my shirt, I understand why he’s here: he feels he has a better chance at Sovereignty defeating me than my father He’s not here to help me; he’s here to help himself

I accept it and move quickly to the side as he and Ashe and the others with him clash with the six ere about to tear h the den and into the back roo Carl I scoop theh the rooh the screen and out into the night Beverlee screa to help her and I feel the dead weight of Carl’s paralyzed legs swinging all around me since he has no control over their s will take me until Ithroughout the town

I set Beverlee and Carl down behind an abandoned building that se and old air With my bare hand, I rip the rusted padlock from the door and the door creaks open

"Get inside and hide," I say quickly, "don’t co up at oes to help Carl inside

I leave thehts of traffic and stars and houses flash by arloaf Mountain I’m fastest inthere in time, that this is the only way I’llbecause I can’t hear Adria or feel her emotions She has been blocked from me and I know…I know that in a time like this she would never do it on purpose…

HARRY

Chapter 33

"YOU COULDN’T WHAT, CAMILLA?!" Daisy screa a hard ti out We all know it Daisy roars at her, "DOES FATHER KNOW?"

Ca continuously from the corners of her eyes "I-I tried to keep him out of my head, but I couldn’t! I couldn’t concentrate; his link is too strong for ht that Ca and safeguarding her thoughts It hy she had always sought other a and all sorts of other human activities

I start to lower my head in defeat, until I think better of it and try to shape up, suck it down and figure out what I’ to do

I start to pace

"Oh you can’t be serious!" Rachel cries out, popping completely off of the table like a snapped rubber band

"WHERE IS HE, CAMILLA?" Daisy shakes her body violently by the shoulders

Ca out of her pathetically When Daisy sees how freaked-out Camilla is, she pulls her toward her chest and holds her there, cradling the back of her head "We’ll figure it out, Cam, don’t worry"

Adria is the opposite of Caet that Adria was even in the roo down at the floor and no visible part of her body is

I think she’s in a sort of shock and Alex rushes over to her, wrapping her arms around her

Daisy and I look at each other

"What do we do?" Daisy says to oing to ask her the sa

And as is if God, or whoever it is up there watching all of this unfold, hates us, Shannon and Elizabeth burst through the entrance, screa: "THEY’RE COMING! FATHER’S HERE! THEY’RE COMING!"

I can’t tell which of them said what, maybe they both said it at the same time, I don’t know

Adria finally looks up

"I’ll face him," Adria says suddenly, scared but as cal "I know he’ll kill me, but we all know I’m the one he’s here for and I’m not afraid to face him for what I did"

"SHUT UP!" Alex roars in Adria’s face; clearly she’s petrified of Adria getting killed "Screw that! Don’t pull that durab Adria, but Adria pushes her away