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"Agreed The closer I got to it, the more she screamed When Iher hand

"Why has only Amelia had a reaction?" Colton asked

"Is she the only empath to be near the necklace?" Meryn asked

Aiden shook his head "Tobias Laurel from Delta is also an eht into Amelia’s eyes, and she blinked Rheia frowned "You ever have this type of reaction before?"

"In ot overwhelmed, but it was mostly depression I didn’t have a physical reaction" She sipped her tea

"Previous job doing makeup?" Beth asked

Aist, I was a psychologist I used ift of empathy to lessen the trauma of rape victims I specialized in children’s cases The side effect of using ift like that is that I take on their trauot to be too much I had to quit to stay sane"

"Oh, s you ed "They were not my memories The children had the real scars They showedto live"

Darian squeezed her hand "That’s what you meant, isn’t it? When you said you had your own darkness"

A After ht, colorful things, it helped me recover"

"So, whatever the necklace is, it’s worse than the ot from those poor children?" Beth asked

Aht of it like that "Yes Whatever that necklace is, it’s a thousand ti I have ever felt before"

"Well, fuck a duck," Meryn reht back,"

"So what do we do?" Beth asked No one responded

Seconds later, Keelan appeared in the doorway "It’s cracked! When Colton dropped it, the necklace must have cracked, which would explain why Tobias didn’t have a reaction"

"Good work, Keelan!" Aiden said He turned to her "I hate to ask this, but can you try to go back in there?"

"No way, Aiden You’re asking too much!" Darian protested

Amelia steeled herself "I have to try I’o in a little at a tirier at the situation than he was at his Unit Commander "Are you sure?" He cupped her cheek with one hand

She rubbed her cheek against his hand "I’m sure"

Aiden and the ht"

"No way!"