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"I’ll do that," I whisper, holding Marcus’s gaze because I know that he’s the one who oon

I step down between him and Tabatha, careful not to let any part of us brush Alnite in an electrical reaction We’re two properties that should never ether

Just two more days

I suck in a breath as I head to the roo stuff from her pack

She sood news? Your friends are okay, and they’re at refuge nuoing to be relieved when they hear that you’re all right and co to join them"

"Yeah" I sink down on the bottom mattress

Her smile slips "You don’t look too happy"

"Of course I a, I admit, "Just had a little run-in with Marcus and Ruben"

She rolls her eyes "Those two Don’t worry about them They’re just in a perpetual bad mood because everyone looks to Caden first You would think Caden is older That makes it even more of a sore point for Marcus, I think"

"Why does everyone trust Caden so h I already suspect Caden has a way about his The kind you trust your life to That is, if you were the kind of person given to trust anyone

She looks at me blankly "Wouldn’t you trust Caden first? I ly Without a doubt "Yeah, but then I ht be biased" Caden did save my life, but I don’t remind her of that "Marcus hasn’t exactly been warives me a look that says, Yeah, well, you did kill his cousin Instead of going there, though, she says, "Marcus wants to rush out guns blazing" She shakes her head "SoestedI ht be a badass soldier, but he’s no ist The only reason we’ve made it at all these last couple of ood sense"

The hero worship is evident in her tone, and I can’t help but s that hen I met Sean Well, not at first, but eventually He’d been marked as a carrier forwith the circumstances that had suddenly been thrust upon me All the er for it Honorable Proud If I had to be a carrier, I wanted to be one like hiave me hope