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He laughed "Stupid hu about this city They think they’re the top of the food chain But they’re not Why can’t you get it through your head, Samantha? You’re one of us You’re part of the new order"

"Oh, ray power thing? You’re sick"

"You’ll feel differently after you’ve evolved to the next level" He raised an eyebrow at my blanched look "You know it’s inevitable, don’t you? Youcloser by the hour"

His words lare would suddenly turn into so him where he stood

"Stasis is like a wave in the distance, taking its tiets closer you realize it’s ht the less we fed, the more it stayed at bay But it’s just the opposite The more you feed, especially closer to stasis, the ets here you’ll lose yourself completely There’s no other choice"

His words sent a fresh ripple of jagged fear through ht At A was, I left so I wouldn’t hurt anyone Once you lose it, you don’t care aboutAnd your victims? They’re still drawn to you, even in that ht And I woke up the nextabout?" Jordan demanded "I don’t understand any of this What the hell are you?"

"I’m the future Your future" He looked at her "You called me a monster before, but I’m way better than that"

She gaped at hi theht"

Her shocked expression soured "That sounds really laave her a cold se your mind"

Stephen was still in love with Jordan Don’t ask me hohy, but he was I’d seen it at the h stasis, there was still sos toward the redhead

She had a soul She was close to hiht now, trapped and vulnerable And yet, he didn’t make a move to feed on her because it would kill her if he did

Thatvery important to ainst the wall as if I weighed no th, he could break my spine with the smallest twist And he could do the same--or worse--to Jordan

His eyes narrowed "I don’t want to stop This is it, Sa for all my life My reason to exist"

"And what reason is that? You’re stuck in this city like all the others You’re trapped as much as I am in this room"