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But I didn’t move

"Renée, come on"

"No," I said "Wait I want to hear what she has to say"

The head Undead Such as watching the person you love die when you knew you could have helped theined my life without Dante

He pulled ive me your soul, you’ll die"

"She won’t die," the headmistress said "She’ll become Undead Haven’t you ever wondered what it was like? To never feel pain? The pain of your parents’ deaths?"

I had wondered what that would be like I gazed at Dante His eyes pleaded with me

The headardless of the consequences, is a value ofan honorable death Just think of what you could acco your love his life back, but you would be shedding light on one of the greatest mysteries of all tiive life to another, what could that mean for the world? The possibilities are endless"

"Renée, you don’t have to do this There are other ways"

The headhed "No--no there are not You will die of decay in five years, and Renée will live a long, lonely life knowing that she could have saved you but didn’t"

"What good is saving ued

I turned to him "We would have more time," I said "Don’t you want that?"

Dante looked at his feet, shaking his head "I want you Right now The way you are"

"Don’t you understand? You can’t have me We are the end of each other’s lives One of us has to die, and I’d rather face death than live without you"

Dante turned to rasped my face in his hands "Renée, look at"I had my chance I lived h"

The head her hand on my shoulder When she spoke, her voice was lower, deeper, darker "It’s either your life or his," she said

Dante’s eyes searched o"

"I’ at Dante And this time I kneas true "I’m afraid of life without you"