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He thought his heart would beat out of his chest with joy "I love you, Ava" He squeezed her tighter Reshon

She tensed for a moment, then relaxed, and Malachi suspected she’d heard his soul speak the word She’d probably been hearing it for days Weeks? And despite that, she’d stayed with him He’d been a fool to doubt her

"But if these are le, too My responsibility"

"Don’t--"

"I want to meet with Dr Sadik With Jaron Maybe he knohere I caori were afterback, I never felt unsafe I could hear his voice, Malachi" She turned her face up to his "And I know he didn’t mean to harm me So, why? If he was only a predator, why?"

"I don’t know"

"I want to find out And I also want to know if he was telling the truth about there being others like me"

Malachi sat up "What do you mean, others?"

"He’d said he’d helped others withthe truth I didn’t hear any dishonesty in him And if there are others out there, other women like me…"

"There could be more Irina," he said softly

"It’s possible We still don’t knohy I am the way I am Where my powers came froht not" Ava shrugged, and a glint of excitement lit her eyes "But there’s only one way to find out"

The waiting roo rooht Modern Fra calls

Malachi thought nothing had see He abhorred ht, hat this office was A few minutes later, a cheerful nurse poked her head in

"Ava?"

"Hello," she said, rising with Malachi’s hand grasped in her own "Good to see you again"