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Gri that I would have kept from you In fact, I would have locked her away ht have scowled at hi about the biteJust as Antonio had said, the h the skin had healed, it was in a weird zigzag fashion, like so job Further red "All right," I said shakily, placing the mirror on the coffee table "What does this mean?"

"I can only speculate, because I have never seen this happen before" Antonio sighed "But it seeely closed, your systeuess as well I sed hard "You knohat needs to be done"

"We’re not locking her up," Jared quickly and vehemently stated

Luther laid a supportive hand on Jared’s shoulder "I hate to agree with her, Jared, I truly hate it I do not like the idea of her caged any more than you do But it is important that she is isolated"

He shook off Luther’s hand and stepped away Denial was pasted all over his face "She can’t pass it on unless she bites soht lose rationality quicker than the others did," Antonio cautioned in a sensitive tone "She’s a hybrid, Jared We have no idea how she will react to The Call But we do know that she will not survive it," he added in a low voice that was loaded with anguish The resolve in Jared’s expression didn’t even slightly lessen

"Can you give us a few minutes alone?" I asked Antonio and Luther

Antonio nodded "Certainly I will make the appropriate preparations" In other words, he’d ready me a cell

Once Jared and I were alone, I sat up and appealed to him with a look "I know it’s hard for you to do this But I don’t want to hurt someone I don’t want to taint soht do that It’s bad enough that I know you’re going to die because of one now There was only a sense of defeat "You think I’d want to live without you? You think I even could, whether ere Bound or not?"

A lued my throat and my eyes filled "I’m so sorry"

He crouched down in front of me and tucked my hair behind my ear "We knee Bound in that ceremony that it would ret it, and I’d ain"

"Then you’re a dumb prat"

He swiped my tears aith the pads of his thuently curled my hands around his wrists "You have to let them confine me, Jared"

"Sam, don’t"