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"What the hell has happened?" My voice didn’t sound like my own, nor did it sound like Joy’s; it was kind of a asped: it was neither me nor Joy; there was a likeness of us both I realised then that I hadn’t possessed her body By

"Saht"

I looked at hiht" I could hear Joy’s voice inh I now had total access to her thoughts and feelings and memories What I learnt surprised me: she loved Jared, and she believed he loved me Had she always been daft?

"Holy shit," ift or so"

Then it all fell into place "Antonio I’ll kill hiht be a Merger"

"Oh really, whateverback to oing to be fine, just concentrate You can undo this I know it must be weird and unfamiliar, baby, but you can control it just like you control anyone else’s gift"

I nodded, sucking in a long breath His presence was like an anchor, and I so needed one of those right now I concentrated oner I realised that I seey fro it up Then suddenly I wasaway; it was an odd sensation; like peeling away a bulky layer of clothing that was attached to your flesh like Velcro It left a weird sensation behind onoveroat me; I could feel it as distinctly as if it washis blood had er Great

"I’m fine," I said "But I still intend to kill Antonio"

He smiled a half-s for all the commanders Bran, Connelly and Kaiser will be there too Apparently Bennington very briefly hinted at the idea of invading The Hollow and they cas I’ve ever seen in my life" Max shuddered Then he looked at Jared, his eyes see "You kneasn’t her" He still seehed as if he had resigned hi "What happened today at the arena won’t happen again," he assureda dazed Joy with hiht when you’re the one who’s just discovered you’re a Merger as well as a Feeder?"

I shrugged "You’re feeling really, really unsettled about so, I can sense it"

"Of course I ae with another person"

But it wasn’t just that, I kneasn’t I wondered ifJoy reat idea to tell hiood idea to tell him that I cared about him as well