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"You look terrible," Nix said softly "I doubt you could even help yourself"

I couldn’t really argue with that I felt like crap, too, dirty and bloody and weary to the bone And oh yeah, like my skin was about to burst,development, to say the least

"What are you two? You’re obviously not related to each other, and of course you aren’t hu to decide without speaking what to tellThey shifted their eyes and feet nervously I could tell I disconcerted theons already knohat you are? If so, it’s pointless not to tellht your kind were extinct," I told her honestly

She shrugged, obviously having heard that before "If they e to kill me, then as far as I knoill be"

I nodded at Leona "And you?"

Her watery eyes were pointed at the ground "Just think of the uess it" It’s not an exaggeration to say that her despairing tone brought tears toeht for a few moments, but came up blank "You’re a necro, then?" I shot back

She smiled, just the tiniest bit, and hope bloomed inside my chest She seemed to have no idea that she cold affect ehtest move "No A unicorn"

I whistled softly "I knew unicorns weren’t extinct, but just barely Do you know of any ed "My dead-beat dad’s still breathing somewhere in the world, but my mother’s human I don’t know of any other relations"

"What are these bastards up to?" I asked softly

"Collecting pets is the only idea we’ve cos around to torture," Leona added

"Are you the only ones they’re holding?"

They both shook their heads "We don’t think so We’ve heard the about other captives They tell us all the time that we’re their favorites But we haven’t actually seen anyone except our captors, you, and each other"

"Do they move you at all? Or have you been in this room for months?"

"Oh, they move us all the time," Leona spoke "We’ve traveled almost constantly since they capturedhome from school"