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"Yeah, I believe you already said that"

"I’ll leave here We don’t have to duel, I’ll leave The Hollow and I won’t coain, I swear to you"

I had to laugh as we reached the bartering stage "I know that if I let you walk off now the second I turnat me"

He looked exasperated now "Okay, we duel," Clark finally said, snarling His expression was so different now that he had dropped the fake crap The innocence and fear had all vanished from his eyes only to be replaced by the callousness and spite that usually resided there

Apparently Clark had no intention of duelling, however He hadn’t even fully turned before he abruptly swerved, hoping to catch uard, and launched y of the natural ele it as a forceful wind that not only sent Clark careening backwards but sent his pretty fireballs with his he crashed to the floor His fireballs then crashed into hie ball of black fire A black fire that was ht; his death hadn’t one, he had still been betrayed, and it still hurt to even think about But the whole thing now seemed more balanced The people responsible for his death weren’t living the life that he should have had Victor had once toldpersonal to Bryce, that he’d just had to die because he lovedtime,’ Victor had said But Bryce hadexactly as he should have been, and exactly when he should have It was Victor who had wanted the wrong girl at the wrong tiet what he wanted

The memory of Bryce’s last seconds flashed inslapped It was all as clear as if it was happening right this moment I could perfectly remember his contorted expression, his cries of pain, and the way his eyes had shot ently rested onsoftly repeated The touch, the voice and the scent alerted h there were plenty of people around and several of thehhis shirt His arms instantly went around me

"Will you just leave her alone for a minute," he said to someone That someone seeaive her a minute" Louder now, that someone persisted Max

Jared spoke down my ear, "Want ainst hiround beneathin the living area of my apartment But I didn’t move away from Jared and he didn’t drop his arms He didn’t ask me questions which I appreciated He just let me have a moment to collect myself

After a fewhis gaze, uttered a barely coerator Sure Vodka flavoured NST couldn’t get h for a little comfort

Jared didn’t leave He followedsoftly "I was going to ask if you’re okay, but that would be a stupid question"

"I’ed up a lot of memories, that’s all"

"Memories of someone called Bryce"

I nodded "Yep"