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"Promise?" I whispered

"Proe of my nose "And I’ve never broken a promise to you, have I?"

"No You haven’t"

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{ Katy }

The ride to Petersburg was a lot more uneventful than the trip to Atlanta, with the exception of the bickering between Daehe traveled on

I knew better than to look inside the cars this tiht of her in the front seat, staring out theat the destruction, and she’d make a soft sound, like a sed cry Had she had a hand in this? Maybe not physically, but had anything she’d done had a domino effect that ended with many, many lives lost?

I felt for her, and I was happy when I saw Archer’s hand gravitate toward her whenever she appeared to get lost staring out thatBut the closer we got to West Virginia, the closer to hoer think about Dee

My heart started pounding in my chest like it wanted to ju fro looked norht town, had somehow been left out of the events the rest of the world faced Except as we cruised through theof don, no one was out on the streets Not a single soul walked on the sidewalks There were a few cars, but it felt like everyone was holed up inside their ho

"God," breathed Archer, his knuckles bleaching around the steering wheel as he quickly turned onto the nearest road that got us to where we needed to go "They’re everywhere"

I didn’t need an explanation He was talking about the Luxen

Daemon leaned between the two front seats and placed a hand on his sister’s shoulder He didn’t speak out loud, but when I saw Dee turn toward hihtly and her face was pale

My sto as it raced

Dee nodded and then said out loud, "I can hear hilanced at Archer in a way that al to be okay"

I just hoped that was the case We were obviously deep in enemy territory, and it would be no aht already knoere here

And backup in the form of the Aruo very badly, and very quickly, because ere intentionally walking into a trap Dee and Dae when it caet close to Ethan