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I eased down on the nearest wooden bench There were rows of the paint, and all bolted to the tile floor She set the plate down in front of me

"Where are Simon and the others?" I asked when she straddled the bench, opposite the plate

She just watchedseconds

Despite the circumstances, I couldn’t help but be fascinated by her She wasabout her, about the purse of her lips and the way her dark eyes felt like they understood you--like she knew you--that made you want to justlook at her I foundto say, and had to remind myself she wasn’tlanced around the locker roo about this place, this caht of the way Siht before he’d been taken away That I was safe, and that he’d protectto be afraid of

So asn’t I convinced?

"You’re not what I was expecting" There was no point pretending I trusted her I reached for one of the polished green grapes and bit into it

Food ht not exactly be the same anymore, but fruit soht not be powdered-doughnut good or anything, but it was the closest to the taste I remembered fro her brows together "What were you expecting?"

I chose another grape, purple this tireen one, roll over uess I thought I’d be grilled, uys tried to find out e’re doing here" I s it out loud "

She s to please her If she was anything, she was definitely the good cop "What makes you think I’m not here for infor myself to re us captive "Just so you know, I don’t know anything i, at least not yet The computers were Jett’s department, and weapons were Willow’s area of expertise Si to know, he never would have told lanced at et to the point I wanted to be taken to where Simon and Jett and the others had beenheld like this? We didn’t do anything wrong When can I see my friends?" I met her deep brown eyes and tried to decide if there was anything unusual about them, like Sied, it practically pulsed This girl’s cocoa-color eyes were deep and rich, but also very ordinary Outside, I could hear voices yelling--the sounds of drills being called I itched to look down at irl, deterht onat her as she uncrossed her ar her say my name shouldn’t have surprised me I’m sure they all knee were by now, but there was so about the way she said it Her voice was low and she leaned forward expectantly "Who is it you belong to? Si of wanting her to like

Her choice of wording ht feel a certain amount of loyalty to each of them, for different reasons, but I wasto either of theot to her feet and stared down at irl like you around here"

When she reached down and pushed a piece of my damp hair from my face, I jerked away from her "Who are you? Where’s Griffin? I think there’s some confusion--we just came here because we needed a place to hide"

She folded her arms over her chest "There’s no confusion We knohy you’re here"

Except I was still confused "Sowhy hold us prisoner like this? I thought the Returned worked together"

"There are a lot of things you still don’t understand, although I can’t say I’s to himself; he was always that way And Thom’s no better--he’s always been a man of feords Even when they were here, it was hard to knohat either of the"

"Soyouyou knew them?" She had my full attention then It hadn’t crossed irl s about the me a conciliatory look "You really have no clue, do you?"

There was a sharp rap on the door, and then Buzz Cut stepped inside The brown-eyed girl was halfway across the rooain