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Although it still felt insane to ad the way, I didn’t feel as restless as I had before If they couldn’t bring our parents, grandfather, Ibrahim and Zinnia back, nobody could Ben too looked calmer

Kiev, whoever he was now… I had faith in his eyes

I iined I would have looked into those eyes as an infant when he cained then that I would have been looking into the eyes of ato reconnect with humanity A man in desperate need of redemption

Chapter 29: Rose

Corrine vanished Ben and I to the Catacoround and we found ourselves in a rectangular charain were piled in each corner There were hts, but I recognized this one as the largest of all ouraround in here, their irises reflecting the flickering lanterns It had been almost two decades since hu e roo us

"Stay here," Corrine said to us "And don’t leave until I coet that you’re humans too, and while vampires are allowed to re Ben and I to look for a seat somewhere

"Rose"

I turned around Griffin had stood up and aving atinternally, I left Ben and made my way over to hi Griffin Noas everything I could do to avoid him Of course, I’d barely had ti that had happened, but now that he stood in front ofback

Is this is what our relationship will be like from now on?

I walked up to hi myself for an aard encounter, but when I looked up at hi concerned "My father told ripped my hand

I sed hard, and nodded My heart ached for Griffin His mother was trapped with Annora too

I wasn’t sure how much he’d heard about the situation with Kiev and Mona, so I began updating hi that had happened As expected, he responded with shock, and then relief

After I’d finished telling hi, we both fell into silence I looked around the roo in hushed voices, worry written on their faces

So much had come to pass since my confrontation with Caleb in his apart silent that the full weight of the encounter cager