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I have no excuse forhollow

I let hiht hi me away It would have made the brothers come to blows, but it would have worked

I didn’t do any of that

This was the whole proble Dante’s guts

Because when I didn’t, I was too weak to fight him Just a few days in his proximity and I didn’t even have the will anyainst hi it was te it was all a lie, that when it finished I’d be in much, much worse shape than e’d started, I let him keep me there for another day

It’s no secret hoe spent that day We locked ourselves in my room and barely ca came too soon

The sun rose and dra had happened between Bastian, Leo, and Adelaide in the ht, the details of it shrouded ina fit to end all fits, soof the as postponed

I was in the kitchen pantry scraping together the ingredients to make crepes when Dante told me the news

"God, she’s crazy I can’t stay another day I have work I need to leave tonight"

His ansas to grab me and kiss the breath out of me "No," he said simply

I bit back a s here, right?"

"Kidnapping," he supplied without an ounce of shaed hisone downstairs to grab some water, but I fully expected hi agitated "You need to get packed You need to go Now"

I sat up, couard "What? Why?"

"It’s one crazy, and she’s on her way over I don’t want you here when she gets here"

I waved an unconcerned hand in the air "Who cares? I can handle her"

Because what could she even do tofor you, but you need to get ready fast"