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Ito the pool of blood and back to hiain "Y’all really need to work on your welcome here"

His mouth lifts in a half saze flicks to ?" He peels back my collar "How are your stitches?"

I shake my head

He nods "Okay I’ll stitch you back up, but shower first" His lip curls as his eyes skilance down Every inch of me is covered in blood

"C’ed throat "You must see this all the time"

"We rarely have violence here," Rhiannon defends, a touch of accusation in her voice, a sharpness to her eyes Like I sorunt "It’s justup space"

Her lips compress

Just then Caden approaches, the lines of his face set grimly as his amber eyes assessto work moisture intooperation you run here"

The corners of his mouth pull doard, and he suddenly appears older than his nineteen years "This isn’t usual"

This only aggravates me further--and the fact that I had started to believeto relax here

He continues, "Hoyt has been with us for a while and never showed any signs" His voice fades A lances to Terrence, who stands silently beside hins of violence," I finish for hi to say?" My last feords are just a rasp, a scratch of whispery sound, but he hears therees, his eyes likein its intensity

Aotten e are? No one is trustworthy Deep down they know that, or they wouldn’t be concerned about blindfolding people

Marcus materializes beside Caden and Terrence "Why should he have wanted to kill you?"

"I don’t know," I growl "I didn’t know him Did he need a reason?"

Marcus snarls It’s the only word for it, and I go froht then I was the one nearly strangled