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"We lost two angels tonight Zach--I actually liked that guy" His expression darkened "He didn’t give me any problems Shouldn’t have died Then little Miss Secret Mission She should have told us the whole truth from day one"

"Why? Would you have helped save her?"

He didn’t reply to that "Roth is MIA"

"He liked her A lot They were falling for each other"

"Roth’s a dick You really think he’s capable of feeling anything for anyone?"

"I do" I said it with certainty I’d seen the look in his eyes when she’d been wrenched out of his ars toward her were completely real

"And you think lared at him "It bothers you that I like hiht you back froly "Do you two have a Roel-boy falls for the hybrid chick who, in another life, he would’ve been coht?"

I looked into his ah the walls he had up Frankly, I wasn’t in the ht Despite the ability he had to presswhat I did about him made my heart hurt "I’m sorry for the pain you feel when it comes to him"

His flinch would have been barely noticeable if I hadn’t been looking for it "I feel nothing for hi You hate him for what he did because you once loved hih "You have a right to feel that way"

His jaw tightened "Perly inside"

"You trusted him and he betrayed you in the worst way possible I don’t knohat you’ve been through in however many years it’s been since you died--"

"Was killed," he corrected ht I saw another one of Bishop’s hts I sahat he saw--I felt what he felt He was broken by what he’d done to you And he paid the price for it He iveness froaze "Really"

I nodded

The remainder of his humorous mask fell away "You can tell me whatever you want--whatever you think you saw Doesn’t change a da And it doesn’t ht I think down deep you still care about him"

"Is that what you think?" He ainst the wall I looked up at hilow red

I nodded again

I waited for hi else on the subject, but instead, he twisted a long piece of er "So you’re a nexus" His lips curved "I know you won’t adh that I know it’s true"