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And she did--if Victor didn’t confess, he would’ve lost me because of Dina, but because he did confess, he lost his brother

I don’t knohat to think, or how to feel, or who to bla ht I knew, the ht he was I think…

I don’t understand any of this!

"Victor?" I say, stepping up behind hiet out

"I will tell you later," he says "Now isn’t the tiry with him Who the hell is this person? I’m so confused He chose me He chose to confess to save Dina because he loves me But why do I feel so awful? Why do I want to run away from all of this and hide?

"We are even," Nora says--her face is beginning to swell froun from the back of his pants

I step up in front of him

"Don’t," I tell him "Let her speak--we have to wait anyway in case she lied about the addresses" I can’t believe I’s better than I do, so his quickness to want to end her life tells ry that he’s blinded by it, which is a rare thing to see in Victor

His eyes pass overdown at his side

I turn to Nora

"Say what you have to say," I tell her "I can’t stop hi you, and honestly I don’t really want to after what you’ve done to us, but say what you have to say"

Nora gri her shoulder to it instead of her wounded back She stops to catch her breath and let the pain h her before she starts to speak

"Claire was born with a defect," Nora says "A heartthat could potentially put one of us at risk, or compromise our missions later in life, would make us unfit to be part of the Sect When Claire was born, she was sold as an infant to a fah an adoption It’s how the Sectthe defect babies instead of killing the for them to have seen or remember about the Sect, so they aren’t considered a threat Just money-makers"