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"No?" He flicked a glance at me, his blue eyes haunted "You don’t knohat it’s like when the craziness grips me"

"You don’t think I knohat it’s like to start to lose your ht be complete opposites in a lot of ways, Bishop, but this much we have in common Sometimes we lose a battle But that doesn’tis it really the end"

His jaw tightened "Maybe you’re right"

"Daer over his fatalistic attitude had helped chaseto fixto fix you So you, too," Kraven said to hiet it"

I shot the de facade of his Whenever he dealt with Bishop, there was an edge to hi under the surface Barely restrained animosity

I continued to wipe at my mouth to remove the taste of Kraven’s lips, disturbed that the kiss had lasted way longer than it had to due to the unexpected eredthat horribly immediate before"

Bishop also scanned the street as if searching for clues "And no are you feeling?"

"Better Just--" I turned ht now"

So vulnerable, before it disappeared and his expression hardened again

Then soht my attention

A woman slowly shuffled down the street toward the abandoned house at the end of the block She wassound My blood ran cold It sounded like she was in desperate pain

And she sounded exactly like I had only a short ti

At the house, she grasped hold of the bars of the gates and shook theet to the house

Bishop and Kraven shared a look

"I can’t go back there," I whispered "Whatever’s happening to herit happened to ates, her shoulders racking violently with her sobs

"I’ll take care of her," Bishop said

My gaze shot to him I knew exactly what he meant And it wasn’t to send her to a psychiatrist to work out her probleht now You’re just going to kill her?"

His face was tense "I’ll talk to her first But if she’s lost herselfif she’s gone into stasiswe knohat that ht"