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She shook her head "You’ll just have to trustthe dresser and following Jas to putto do anything in order to save her brother

He’s alive

He’s alive

It’s not over

"All you need to know is he’s holding on, and I need your help"

"Anything I’ll do whatever you need"

Her eyes softened "I was hoping you’d say that" Theher terror over her brother’s life

My heart tripped into a knot "Kes Is he alive, too?"

My spine locked, bracing for bad news It seemed too much to have Jethro back from the dead, let alone another

Jasmine sucked in a breath "He is For now"

My hands fisted I wanted to sprint faster "What does thather mouth "They were moved before Cut could dispose of theh" She sed hard "We’re running out of time"

We

Her and Flaw?

"Where did you put them?"

"The only place not monitored"

"And where is that?"

She lowered her voice "It doesn’twithhi hi with you"

Jasmine pursed her lips "It has to be this way It has to be tonight And it has to be now The longer you argue, the less time we have and the worse it will be for all of us Got it?"

I wanted to argue--to slap her and let go of the helpless anger inside Instead, I curbed my temper "Fine"

But thehi around a corner, Jaz whispered, "Now, hush Ansill coe

We were no longer in the manicured wealth of parlours, dayrooms, and libraries

This part had an aura of forbidden

An abandoned aura