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I would save hiht about kissing hi to punch her in the face

"Beautiful star" A voice sank through ht to battle the world To save us all froel stared up at s splayed across the sidewalk Dirty, ripped blue jeans and a gray sweatshirt that had seen better days co hiht reminded me of when I’d first found Bishop It worked just like a hand reaching in

"You’ve picked a different spot tonight," I said I was halfway to Crave

"I s They help"

"Yeah, I’m sure they do" I frowned down at hi to find clues there to help hihed "I had a nao"

"What was it?"

"Seth," he said after a moment as if he had to concentrate very hard to remember it "Rhymes with breath Rhymes with death Two sides of the coin, breath and death Lose one, gain the other--a gift or a curse, but I guess that’s up to you Or them Or him Or anybody"

I wanted to know ht now I had to hurry or I wouldn’t be able to stop Bishop froo"

"Your lost love walks the dark night without watching where he’s going Another pair of lips he seeks, but he wishes they were yours"

A breath caught in my chest "You know about Bishop? You can see what he plans to do?"

Seth pressed his fingers to his teether and apart, can’t sort through them all Past, present, future Don’t knohat’s real and what’s false What’s good and what’s evil Here, black and white beco on everything" He reached forward to clutch my hand, and electricity sparked up my arm "He doesn’t want you to stop him He’s chosen this dark path so he can end this"

A chill went down ht even colder than before "I need to stop him even if he doesn’t want el, I could sense his soul--now that I kneould have one It triggered er But there was no way I’d be tempted to kiss hiross

"The dark ," he said "Just a crack, but it leaks its poison slowly, slowly It’s changed It’s grown It hates as much as it loves It’s how she returned"

The Hollow It wasn’t one-way It wasn’t endless How did Seth know?