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I took the handgun froot a shot off Upstairs, high on the seventeenth floor of the building, an explosion blew out a shower of glass and concrete, and she had disappeared under their weight

Martin’s hand stayed atThis is what it ht This is what they will turn us into I had slipped into his mind to confirm my suspicions, but even I was surprised at how easy it had been Weeks ago, e first got out, I hadn’t been able to fend him off Now, all he had to do was brush by le touch

Clancy had taught e sort of pity for him Not because of what I was about to do, or the way I would be using hiht he knehat it ht he was stronger than er on the back of his hand, just one

"What’s your name?" I asked him

The reaction from him was priceless There wasn’t an ounce of color left in his cheeks, and his lips began to s to call up a er there

"Where are you froe But I still wasn’t finished

"Do you knohere you are now?"

I alather at the corner of his eyes But I also remeretted not having doneat the back of e as asped the words out "I don’t--"

"Then maybe you should leave," I said in a cold voice

I barely had to push the i the door behind hi from the scary monster

Cate stared after him, an unreadable expression on her face "Iht he could do with an attitude adjustment," I said I kept ht she’d want it I had seen enough to know the viciousness these people demanded, and I needed the a lot of tiether now"

Her pale blond hair fell over her shoulders as she bowed her head, but Cate didn’t deny it We were trapped here She had accepted Liain with," I continued "Eventually, you were going to have to bring me in"

"You are a valuable asset to the resistance" Cate lifted her hand toward me, only to drop it before it could touch my face Smart lady She knehat I could do "I hoped you would come to see that on your own terms"