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She pressed her lips to lanced at Kostas "You’ll want to knock her out," she said

"Ivy, I--" I was going to tell her that I loved her, that I hated her, that I wasn’t leaving her, that I couldn’t, but for the second time in twenty-four hours, there was a pinch atwent black

CHAPTER 58

So dripped onto my face Liquid Cold My head tilted to one side Another drop Awareness hit ehaent Ivy

I scra the heels of ister the fact that I was alone Outside Safe, I thought, choking on the realization

Ivy wasn’t safe

My cheeks ith tears, with drizzling rain It was dark out--nightti How long was I out for?

Kostas had Ivy And if the president didn’t give hi to kill her

I stu when I reached the street Looking up, I could see the outline of a tall, thin building rising to a point in the distance The Washington Monument I was in DC

Ivy’s not He has her Where does he have her? My brain wouldn’t slon It wouldn’t stop stacking questions, one on top of the other

"Miss?"

I almost couldn’t hear the word over the cacophony in my head Kostas has Ivy She traded herself for me I’m safe Safe Ivy’s not He has Ivy--

"Miss" A rab my arm

I jumped back, my hands held out in front of ht come "Don’t" The word that exited ht

He has Ivy

Calm down

Have to find Adam Have to find Bodie He has Ivy

Calht?" the hts beating a rhythainst the inside of ether a coherent sentence "Can I borrow your phone?"

Of the people I knew in DC, there was only one whose number I had memorized--Vivvie’s I called She answered Words cah to make sense--but somehow, she was able to tell her aunt where I was