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I bit oose bumps had broken out over"I can’t control it It just happens"

He turned to theand closed it "What did you hear?"

A thousand different emotions bubbled inside a affectedaffected me lately My analytical and detached view of the world aroundme completely raw and vulnerable

Bishop affected ot how much, when he wasn’t this close to me, but he did His scent, his presence, his war called to ht noanted to close that distance, throw my arms around hi, sleeping--a priripped the baseboard of ernails into the smooth wood, and tried to stay calm "You said that thiswhat you feel for meit’s an inconvenient addiction" I looked at hiht in htened "I wish you hadn’t heard that"

"Doesn’t s into perspective for me" I took a deep breath "I talked to Stephen"

Bishop was next tohold of asp Making hi a shaky step back "You talked to Stephen When? Where?"

"He called me I met him at the mall"

"Why didn’t you find me?"

"Because I knew if he saw you he’d bolt" I tried to maintain my control, but it was difficult "I wanted to convince hiive me back my soul"

His expression was tense "And did you?"

"I think it was possible, butere interrupted He told me stuff, Bishop" I’d kept this froray yesterday--that’s what’s happening to everyone That grays go through a stasis--they turn zoe When they coer, smarter and totally sociopathic If they don’t come out of itthey die" Panic clawed at my chest as I related this horrible information "It’s one or the other Stephen wanted to warn me"

I studied his reaction to this It wasn’t filled with surprise, rim acceptance "You already knew this, didn’t you?" I asked

"I didn’t know for sure"

"Well, now you do" Another tre cold this ti to happen to me"

He shook his head "No, it’s not"