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Just when I had clawed , Matthew had sent ut churned, and I almost threw up

Unable to stop myself, I started out over the lava rock Felt like I was stepping on graves in a cemetery

Then came the scent ofhoneysuckle? I followed the s farther across the rock toward thethe roses, but in the distance was a clearing I hurried toward it, ignoring the pain in rave sites with epitaphs One was circled with ivy, the other with bloo honeysuckle

Evie had created these memorials I read:

Selena Lua

The Moon

Treasured friend, ally, and guardian

Loyal and strong to the end

You will be dearly missed

To the end Had Evie known Selena sacrificed herself to save o

Each day after the apocalypse stretched out like a month of life before it I felt as if Selena had watchedthat her memorial was besidemine

Jackson Daniel Deveaux

The Hunter

Beloved son, brother, friend, leader,

and intended husband

I love you

I dropped to my knees

Evie smelled like honeysuckle whenever she was happy with rave forever

All otten paupers’ ceht I would have been loved like this She’d made me sound as if I’d made a difference, as if I’d be missed

I reached for the stone to trace those treasured words As soon as I made contact, visions appeared inthem to me, as he often had with Evie! I saw her in the days after Richter’s attack; I heard her thoughts

In one scene, she wasto a tower Her head whipped up as she lit on the idea of going back in tirief transformed into a frantic determination

More scenes played out She stole from survivors and abducted another Arcana She knew she was turning into a black hat, but she was ruthless to get to Tess

To save me

She made it to the eht of all the work that had gone into building it--all the blood, sweat, and dreams I’d poured into that place And I hadn’t even been able to provide a light to guide Evie’s way inside