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I put his head down,sure there’s a folded jacket to cushion it I can’t think of anything else to do So I leave hi
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I find the e A pink shirt with a sparkly heart, jeans, high-tops, and a zip-up sweater Ibut her shirt is a dark color so she won’t be seen at night I also h hood to shadow her face in case we need to go unnoticed
For me, it’s black boots, black jeans, and a maroon top that will hide the blood that’s bound to stain it I just hope that blood will be soht as well dress postapocalyptic practical I also grab a down jacket that’s as light as aI put it down and pick a dark fleece jacket instead I’ht now
Raffe has found a baseball cap and a dark trench coat that covers his wings He looks good in a baseball cap
I mentally rollto an end,man in the store with us, and we’ll be lucky to survive another night And I’uy who doesn’t even want me He’s not even human How messed up is that? Sometimes, I wish I could take a vacation from myself
I shove his coat and cap into et out of the store, the angels are gone Raffe ht
I step back ‘You don’t have to I’ll catch a ride with one of the locusts’ I have to force the words out The last thing I want to do is be in the arms of a scorpion-tailed monster
But Raffe has made it all too clear that this – whatever this is that we may or may not have between us – is a nonstarter He’sI’ve learned, it’s that trying to make someone stay with you when he doesn’t want to is a recipe for heartbreak Just ask my mom
I clench my teeth I can do it So what if it’s utterly creepy to walk into the arer that alotta have some scrap of pride, even in the World After
Raffe watches hts Then he looks at the locusts His lip curls as he assesses thes to their insectile torsos to their iridescent wings He looks at the curled stingers last
He shakes his head ‘Those wings are so flirown nails – you’d catch an infection if they scratched you You can ride one when they in’ He steps forward and, in one smooth motion, lifts me into his fir your air taxi’
He takes flight before I can argue