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"Not long," Thom said "Griffin’ll want to know exactly e’re here and what our end ga on "End gaame?"
Simon and Thom shared a look "There always is with Griffin"
"What aren’t you telling us?" I asked, frustrated by this constant looking thing they were doing between the two of the uy And ith that overbloelcoant, and I braced myself for as about to come "It’s safe here, Kyra You don’t need to be afraid I’ll take care of you"
I scowled back at him "I don’t need you to take care of me, and I didn’t say I was afraid" Even if I had been, there was no way I’d ever admit it to Simon Especially not after he’d just landed us in Returned jail
He crossed the crude planked floor and planted himself directly in front of ain, the saht after I’d kissed hiave hie and try to re-create that s for h there was still blood crusted around his nose, from this close I could tell his injury was fully healed now Still, I had to stopif it still hurt But I couldn’t give hi idea
He reached forit all the sa it seem like I was repulsed by hi me
He didn’t feel the sa at me so hard, so intently, my pulse throbbed He lowered his voice "Look, I know you think I’lanced toward the others, and I did too
Tho out theNatty stood quietly beside hi, she ducked her head and turned away quickly,
My stomach twisted Simon didn’t seem to notice Natty’s scrutiny, but then I felt his thumb stroke the back of le I tried to pull htened
My eyes widened and shot to his, but he just grinned in response He moved closer until there was alht at h, was serious, and deadly quiet--the complete opposite of his playful veneer "I need you to promise that whatever happens, you won’t tell anyone what you can do The s You need to swear to ainst the feel of his breath on my skin "What about?" It was an effort to reopen them, but when I did, I looked past him, past his shoulder, to where Natty was held rapt by Thom now I could hear the low timbre of his voice, but not his words, as he stared down at her
Just a few feet fro away pieces of drywall in an effort to get at the cluster of wires
SiainstGriffin can’t find out" His fingers closed aroundelse "Why did you and Thoo souys off the road, and out of harether, his copper eyes searching my face "Griffin’s unconventional, but we have allies here I swear it"
His palasp "Sie to a rebuke
I couldn’t let histouch h, and I orried that if he pushed the issue, I th to elaborate To tell him I needed him to stay away froht he wantedso hard, and so forcefully, that I al opennot until it collided against the inside wall
The blue-eyed girl with the shaved head--Si at usat Sier touching me, and pulled my hand frolare moved from my hands to Simon "Come on," she dictated to him
"Wait!" I said in a rush "What about the rest of us? You’re not leaving us here, are you?"
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"None’a your business," she shot back
"Don’t worry I got this" Siave me an overconfident nod, and then turned his less-than-convincing charirl "So, that’s it? No ‘Nice to see you’ or ‘I’ve missed you’ or ‘Where have you been all my life?’ Just ‘Come on’?" he taunted her, and I wanted to tell him to just, for once, shut his mouth and do as he was told But it was useless He was Sih alone