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"In other circumstances, yes, I do"

I closed the distance that he’d created between us and fisted a hand in his t-shirt I kept ree to Sebastian tracking her down What har ree to her coue that further, but I kneasn’t going to budge on this Not now Maybe if in a feeeks’ ti Evan, Max, and Stuart, then maybe Jared would relent I just had to hope that we did find an alternative to involving Paige West If not, it was quite possible that ere all fked

(Jared)

When I set off with Sauys in the contain poker – acting like nothing rong Butwith the situation Spotting Salass, they all paused in their game and approached us They looked coht have wondered if they had been immune to The Call if it wasn’t for the fact that their bite h, their sy at three skeleton-like vampires if I didn’t find soood to tell us" Max didn’t appear optimistic Neither did Evan or Stuart

I told theton, but neatly avoided the subject of Paige West When I sensed Sam’s discomfort, I quickly spoke in her ht – it would only give the her here anyway

Her al

Satisfied, I continued "We’re going to search for Quentin Foy, ask how his nest became tainted Maybe he has answers as to when The Call first struck If it didn’t surface inside those tunnels, it ht be tainted If that’s the situation, we need to know before it has any chance of spreading"

Evan nodded "But we’re kidding ourselves if we think we can fight The Call, Jared"

My expression hardened "You don’t know that for sure"

"Yes, I do"

"Evan’s right," said Stuart "This thing has been around for centuries No one was able to get rid of it, and – as far as I know – no one was ever immune to it"

Sam scowled at them "If you expect us to just sit back on our arses and let this drop, you can think again"

Evan s yourselves, searching for so that doesn’t exist I kno you are, Jared You’ll start feeling guilty that your efforts are fruitless I’ll bet you’re already bla yourself for what happened down there"

He’d always been able to see right through me "I shouldn’t have let you coood place, I knew you’d be reckless, but I let you go anyway"

"You couldn’t possibly have knohat lay in wait for us down there If it’s anyone’s fault that I’m tainted, it’s mine I didn’t listen to you in those tunnels I threw erous situation, and I even put myself in the lead You told me to back away fronored you"

"You’re not responsible for what happened to Stuart and me either," Max adareement "You trained us well, and you kept us behind you in those tunnels because you thought we’d be safer that way Even when you heard the first horde of va us to face them with you"