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I had to get out of this room My palrabbed my arm and forced me to stand in front of the desk, forced me to look down at the photos and see them, absorb the blood, the bone, the vacant eyes

"These are the people we’re dealing with," he said "This is reality These are people on’t hesitate to kill anyone who interferes with their orders This is what hesitation has cost us This is e have to fight Revolutions are ith blood, not words These photos have been out for days, and what have they done to get people involved--angry enough to stand up and protest? Nothing Ruby, even this isn’t enough They all think they’re fake"

"Letand rolling under reen--

"No one is going to fight for us, Ruby--we have to fight We have to end this Match force with force Every second aste circling back and debating the sa these kids fro like this What do you think sparked this? They were beaten to death Was it because they tried to escape? They were caught in the ht? Did so to be sick I pressedto re "These pictures are froreen--"

Cole’s grip on ue sense that he was the only reason I was still standing on my feet

"I know her Her nairls in my"

"In your cabin?" Cole finished "Are you sure? Maybe you should take another look"

I did and it changed nothing I lived with those girls for years, I knew their faces better than I knew my own Ashley had been at Thurmond for over a year before I showed up, and she took care of us like you’d think a big sister would She was nice She was

Dead

"Okay," Cole said quietly "I’m sorry I believe you I’m so sorry I wouldn’t have showed them to you at all if I’d known The source that sold them to Amplify didn’t identify which camp they’re from"

Jesus--that ditch The realization thundered down around ot? After everything--this?