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"I had another dream," I told him "It was of the day I was attacked"

"Anna, why are we discussing this? The leaders are waiting for you, and they’re already in a foul ain and I stepped back

"In my drearew slightly stiff, barely noticeable, but I’d caught it His fingers flexed at his sides and he glanced ahen I continued to stare at hiht noe need to finish up with thishis attempts to distract me I paused for a few seconds As I looked at Adam, I tried to see the truth ofsuch a secret? Was that the reason why he found me? Because he’d been there when it happened?

"Anna, that’s enough," Adam said, his tone hard

"Don’t you want to knoho they were, Ada open and broke h," Wade said He walked in the roo into my skin a little harder than necessary As he pulled me out of the room, I looked back at Adam He stared me with an e back in front of the leaders, I clasped ht ahead I couldn’t think aboutto be sentenced to death, as the point in worrying about who’d turned me? The reason I wanted to know, needed to knoas because of s for Adaedto s I thought I felt real or a product of manipulation?

"Anna, as I said before we have the results of the test," Wade said as he lifted the thin, white paper off the table His eyes moved fro you want to say before I read this aloud?"

I thought for a uilty, it was done unconsciously I don’t want to hurt people any uys want me to If by sos, I accept your punish, so I took a deep breath and settled in for the inevitable

Adam walked into the room and stood to my left I could see out of the corner of my eye that his hands were fisted at his sides I cut ht at leam of happiness behind her steely brown eyes If the leaders weren’t here, she’d jump up for joy

"The test concludes that the blood on your face was that of the victi at me over the top of the paper

My sto as I heard his words I was the killer, the one tearing humans’ throats out, and I enjoyed every ust trailed upmy forehead

"There were a few drops of your blood mixed with Ms Hillson’s," Wade continued "And a couple specks of blood we have yet to deters to"

"What does that uilty

"That an when Wade started to talk, "that there could have been someone else with you Perhaps it’s a setup and souilty" I looked up at Adaht I was innocent

"That’s bull," Michael argued "She had the dreams, and then we find her with the victim’s blood splattered all over her face and her feet h the trouble of slathering her toes in dirt just so she looked guiltier?" He snorted and shook his head

I had to admit it was pretty farfetched Wouldn’t I have woken up if so h, because right then another fight broke out The leaders were arguing with Adam as he pleaded my case Different theories went back and forth and were shot down by one or more leaders Adauilty, but was innocent After a while I zoned out and went inside my own head I’d really stepped in it this time, and Ada

"I have the right to defend her if I do not agree with your judg ment was and I hadn’t heard? Obviously it was bad if Adam would to put his life on the line