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Yet when he did, I nearly lost it

His eyesoh reen, and had sparkled when he smiled, were now completely and totally devoid of all color As if black ink had been spilled within the outward

"I wish I could see you," Tyler said, lifting his hand feebly and reaching foropenly, I raze my cheeks until even that effort was too much for him and his hand fell back down I captured his hand then and crushed my lips to it

"I don’t want you to blame yourself, Kyra Not ever" He wheezed, and before I could stop hiain "It orth it, you knoould trade a million lifeti," I insisted "I would trade anything to give you your life back Anything"

I felt hi quiet, co hi to the sounds of his breathing and hating how ht be it The way ht for each and every breath like itas I willed his lungs to find a rhyth on

When he found that calo of his hands

"Simon wants you to conized it It was Jett, standing in the doorway behindtotoward Tyler, as out cold "He won’t even know you’re gone Siht argue, which I considered, unable to bring myself to leave Tyler alone, Jett added, his voice quiet and persuasive, "You’ll want to see this I promise"

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

IT WAS HARD TO LEAVE TYLER IN THE FILTHY, rundown cabin while I followed Jett into what I could only describe as a maze of tunnels that extended far below the hot and dusty surface of the ca the cool concrete that round walls I’d let Jett leadin the middle of the soil, one that had been concealed by a heavy iron cover that he had to drag off it, and once we’d dropped all the way to the bottom, I found h seeht to find his way

"Used to be part of the Hanford operation--the nuclear facility They haven’t used this place in years, though I’m not sure this bunker is even on the map" He stopped in front of a closed metal door that blended into the cement wall around it

"Nuclear facility? Is it safe to be here?"