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My heart sped up as I re he’d seen me, but then he’d disappeared andand Dawson had hit me with a blast from the Source Why would he have done that? Better yet, why hadn’t Daemon come to me?

In the furthest reaches of my consciousness, there was an insidious whisper that spelled out the answer Luc and Archer had suspected as ht and that our greatest fear had co that Daemon could be different now, could be one of them--whatever they actually were-- a deep breath, I blinked my eyes open and i up so fast my head felt like it would fall off my shoulders

Two emerald-colored eyes stared back into mine, framed with heavy black lashes All at once I was tossed back to last su after I’d discovered Dae a truck fro at me

Just like now

Perched on the foot of the bed, Dee sat with her legs drawn to her chest and her chin resting on her knees A curtain of dark hair fell over her shoulders in thick curls To this day, she was probably the irl I’d seen in real life, just like Ash, but Ashshe was no longer with us

But Dee was here

Relief loosened the tense irl who had become edy with Ada great I started tothe blanket fall to my waist, but I stilled

Dee stared atBut so was off about her

Throat dry, I sed "Dee?"

One perfectly shaped eyebrow rose "Katy?"

Unease rose at the sound of her voice It was different, colder and flat Instinct warned that I stay back, even though that didn’tto wonder if you’d ever wake up," she said, loosening her ars "You sleep like the dead"

I blinked slowly, glancing around the rooreen walls or the fra landscapes None of the furniture looked fas up, away frolanced at a closed door near a large oak dresser "I’aze bounced back to her, reacting to the sharpness in her tone

"What?" Her eyes rolled as she unfolded her long, slender legs "You expect hed, and eness of the sound "Yeah, think again You’re not going to die of thirst anytime soon"

Dumbfounded by her attitude, all I could do was stare at her as she stood and shs Maybe I had really daed my brain back in the market or woken up in an alternate universe where sweet Dee had turned into bitchy Dee