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"I need to be sure that I can’t hurt anyone I’d have to go in it sooner or later anyway Itat the prickly itch tor me, I released his wrist and went to rake my nails over the skin Jared snatched my hand and kissedyou crazy"

My guess was that it would get worse the longer I was tainted "Takehis eyes shut, he rested his forehead againstthroughuilt there – typical

"You’re not at fault," I insisted It didn’t seem to make any difference

After a series of deep breaths, he rose to his feet and stared down at ht he’d scoop me up and take me to the cells Instead, he retrieved his cell phone from the table and punched in so in a defeated yet resigned voice "Call Sebastian Tell hie West here"

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Chapter Eleven

(Jared)

Standing outside the glass cell, having that iift of teleporting couldn’t breach, felt so da painfully The idea that I couldn’t reach her if I wanted to was like a lead weight in ht back all the fear and panic from the time the Trent brothers had taken her froht now

She just sat on the s pulled up to her chest with one arwith uilty Maybe she was right and it was dunored her stupid insistence on waiting for the squad to be out of there before leaving, she’d be fine right now Of course I knew deep down that putting the squad’s safety before her ohat any commander would have done Hell, I’d have done it But I was still angry at both of us

I had agreed to isolate Sae West – whenever the hell she arrived – because I knew that Sam needed the peace of h the process of beco a hybrid, there had been an incident when she had lost all sense of rationality and dived ononto my throat – much like a newborn vae that she had hurt ain now, she wouldn’t just hurt someone, she would taint them So, yeah, I definitely understood why she didn’t want to take any chances here Still, if I hadn’t known that confining her like this was only a tereed to it

Movehtacross the roo look on his face How must it feel to literally starve, to feel as your body withered away? Howto lose reason and rationality? Max and Stuart looked inleft of the, skeletal, starving shells It was fking…Shit, there were no words to describe what it felt like to see the two people that I loved , se at fate – it truly was a bitch Instead, I placed the pal over, she splayed her hand over mine I hated that I couldn’t touch her when it was the one thing I needed right then, hated that I couldn’t comfort her Whether Sam would admit it aloud or not, she was scared "You’ll be out of there soon," I proift will heal you"

Her sht, otherwise I’d agreed for that fe Luther’s vision coe co here didn’t have to s Luther foresaw didn’t always happen, as I knew perfectly well If we took precautions by getting the female out of here as quickly as possible, we could prevent anythingIt was hardly likely that she would want to stick around here for long anyway, not if she was so set on being away frolanced at the door Not only was Antonio, Luther, and the guards here, but also the squad, Jude, Ava, Cristiano, and – oh shit – Alora Evan was going to have e healed hiht of Evan, her now horrified eyes instantly watered and she slapped a hand over heron her face like a neon sign Evan briefly glanced at the crowd, but there was no sign of recognition in his eyes

Antonio gave me a sympathetic smile "Sebastian has arrived with Miss West and who seems to be a friend of hers Apparently Miss West refused to leave without her They are waiting for you in the piano rooht here Sebastian worried that if he told her anted froht He merely told her that she had been sent for by you and he assured her that she would colass, I told Sa , but I forced myself to step away from the cell I was just about to teleport out of there when I noticed that Cristiano had separated hiainst the back wall; the expression on his face stoppedat me, but at Saered by what had happened to her But there was so , and utter despair Slowly, I walked over to hi ceremony You love her, don’t you?"

My voice seeaze hed and returned his eyes to Sao that I’d never have her Victor hadn’t allowed me or anyone else to touch her But even if he had, she’d never looked at ht I kissed her when she was human But just because I accepted that I’d never have her didn’t mean I could watch her Bind with someone else"