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I’o now I’m ready to leave

But then another sense came back to life

The sense of touch

"Kite…can you hear me?"

The softest warmth flittered over my cheek and forehead

I wanted to moan with sheer pleasure To answer their question and prove I hadn’t given up, no matter how much I craved sanctuary

"You’re okay You’ll be fine" Warmth darted over my chest, ot you, Jet You’re safe now Just hang on"

"SHE’S IN THE bath"

"She’s not feeling well and can’t come to the door"

"I have her chair--see? Of course, she’s in here with et up"

I groaned, wiping both hands overork"

The e Hawk ears

Ever since leaving Jas toward the kitchens, I’d practiced a believable lie Only thing was, there was nothing believable After the visible hatred between Jaz andwith the lawyers¸ no one would buy the excuse of a sleepover or girl chat or tiether

It’s hopeless

The best I could hope for was no visitors and for V and Jaz to get back as soon as possible

My led with foreboding as V bent down in the dark and hesitantly plucked Jass in full vieithout baggy pyja thele over V’s arms hit me hard

Once upon a time, she could run and ride horses and chase her brothers

Now, she had to rely on the brother of her enemy to be her transport

A brutal price to pay for a payment I didn’t know

The look in V’s eyes as he’d turned his back on me and left me in the empty corridor with an empty wheelchair squeezed ainst everything he believed in In hiswith socialup for ourhis sister in order to help another save her brothers

It wasn’t easy, but he showed th than I’d ever seen Gone was the cocky joker who suht player who’d worked hard but soe in life with a silver spoon

As he disappeared with a black-dressed Jaz in his arrew from boy toJethro--for once again puttingwhat I bade