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"She’s not going to break," I say with realization,to tell hi to kill her

I burst out of the roo chair on my way out, and take off down the stairs

"IZABEL!" I hear Niklas call out afteruntil I make it to the third floor, and I run up to the door and punch in the code

"Izabel! What the fuck are you doing?" Niklas is coh the hall

I rush into the roo kill her!" I scream "I can’t let Dina die! PLEASE!" Tears pour from my eyes

He doesn’t even look at me

Nora shrieks as he cuts her

"CONFESS!" she cries out just as Niklas, Victor and Jaet ain

I look to and from Victor and Fredrik, my eyes filled with desperation and conflict

Nora’s body begins to slide doard toward the floor, her bloody hands leaving sainst the brick

Tears strea to faint

"Stop," I hear Victor’s voice

A sudden uncanny silence fills the room when Fredrik stops I’m afraid to look up, afraid to see that Fredrik’s blade finally went across Nora’s throat

But I look anyway

And she’s alive

Nora falls the rest of the way against the floor; her blood staining everything

Fredrik steps aside and Victorright at Victor

I look at him with confusion, but he looks at no one other than Nora

"You know I’ll do it," Nora says, gasping for air "You know I’ll let them die"

She will If she could withstand Fredrik’s torture, the torture the SC-4 inflicted on her, I know she will…

Niklas steps up beside me I feel his hand hook around my waist so he can holdthe floor, too

"Wait! What about Dorian?" I call out "He has to be here--"

"She doesn’t care if Flynn is here or not," Victor says, still only looking at Nora "The only person in this room she cares hears what I have to say…isnext to ht at the back of Victor’s head with confusion at rest in his eyes

"Confess!" Nora says one last ti hands