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Just as I was opening the door between us--or as left of it--another detonation jarredme all the way toleft by the broken , and jagged glass, like teeth, dug intowarm dribbled down my throat, into my collar, and I kneas blood But none of that irl’s voice shout fro haze behind me, and instinctively I stilled "It wasn’t supposed to happen here Orders were to wait till she reached Capitol Hall--"
"Orders changed," a male voice interrupted her "The timeline had to be moved up"
"So where is she? Who has eyes on her?"
There was a moment of silence, and in thatMe They were talking about me I was the reason for the attack
I tried to take a step backward, away from them I needed to find Brook or Zafir, to warn them To find help
But my reprieve was brief, and either because I’d moved or because the sain and kneas no longer cloaked by the thick clouds
"I see her!" It was the girl again, but now her words were hushed as I tried to place her voice "Over here!" she whispered again "She’s here"
That hen I realized where I’d heard her voice before: It was Delta
When she reached me, relief swelled inside my chest as I toldbehind her words Clearly, she couldn’t be responsible for the attack, she was a student here-- for me because she wanted to help me I lifted the back ofchin She reached down, her fingers gripping ed ht, of course--we needed to keep
"The children," I blurted out "There are children in there" I turned back toward the door, but her grip on ht
The crunch of footsteps drew s, cah the churning mass of fumes His face was streaked with ash and sweat, and his haunted eyes were filled with unspoken horror
"You can’t go that way!" he warned, begging us to listen "They’ve got guns! They’re shooting the teachers, and even so to forht, that we’d find a way out of the school, that we’d be okay
And then Delta raised her hand too But hers wasn’t e Just like her eyes Cold And
She fired once, and then onceith disbelief Nearly as wide asslackly, that I couldinto the back of his shirt But I kneas too late for hiertips