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"So it’s open here, but nowhere else It’s stuck, just like you are Because of the barrier"
Her pleasant expression washed away, leaving behind soel"
Bishop’s face was all cruel, hard lines as he regarded her Nothing soft "You think Samantha can help you escape because of what she is"
She flicked a look at me "He’ll kill you, you know It’s only a matter of time You’re an anomaly, just like el, Samantha Soul or not, he’ll steal your heart just before he slices a sharp blade into it"
Even though I didn’t trust a word that came out of her mouth, a chill ran down my spine I braved a look at Bishop, but he kept his attention fully fixed on my aunt His fists were clenched at his sides, the muscles in his arhtly together as he listened in on the conversation Carly moved to stand next to him Her eyesa tennis match
I hated that Carly was here and had becoarten--my closest ally and confidante I wanted to save her so badly, but I didn’t kno I couldn’t accept that she had changed forever fro my own
There had to be another way for this all to end What had Natalie experienced while being in the Hollow for all these years? How had it changed her? I couldn’t hate her for this, I felt sorry for her And if I still could, I wanted to help her
"How did you get out?" Bishop asked Natalie again
"You," she purred, "are very tenacious You’re the leader, aren’t you? There are others in the city like you who run around every night killing my brood I don’t like that very much"
I scanned the faces of the people around me Carly stood next to Stephen with a blank look on her face Stephen’s expression was unreadable, too, but his gaze was now fixed on me rather than Natalie
It lanced behind otten to their feet and taken a step closer, their expressions as blank as sheets of paper They blocked my path back to the staircase
Not one normal teen had ever tried to clirays-only section It scared me to think ould happen if anyone did venture up to this second-floor lounge
"Did you make a deal to leave the Hollow?" Bishop persisted "With whoaze traveled leisurely over his tall, muscular body and broad shoulders "It was really e? It hasn’t always been this way"