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He kissed the top of her head "Get soainst hirow steady and his arms relax as he drifted off with her, she could tell he ide-awake, his heart racing

Clarke lifted her head Bella to be okay We’ll find theo to sleep, Clarke"

"You need to sleep too We need you rested"

"I can’t sleep" A slight edge had crept into his voice

"Bellaers "You have to try--"

He wrenched his head to the side, and she let her hand fall Clarke sat up "I’m worried about them too, you know Wells is my best friend, and I love Octavia and Eric and--"

He closed his eyes and winced, as if her words were causing him physical pain "Just stop, okay? You can’t understand You’ve never had a sibling, you don’t knohat it’s like And now I’ve lost two" When he opened his eyes again, the tenderness froone, replaced by a fierceness that made her want to lean away "But they’ll pay There won’t be any of those bald bastards left when I’h with them"

Clarke stared at hioing to sneak in and get our people out Or otiate with their captors There could be a peaceful solution"

"A peaceful solution?" Bellauns, and we have no idea what kind of forces we’re facing We can’t turn this into a suicide "

Bellamy stood up so quickly, Clarke was nearly knocked backward "You still don’t trust me, do you? You think I’h brain cells to cohed "No, of course that’s not it I just think there’s a possibility that--"

"You’re never going to trust me, will you? I’ll always be the Waldenite delinquent whoher for the first time

"That’s not true!" Clarke rushed forward to place her hand on his arm, but he jerked away

"Go to sleep," he said curtly "We need to start ain in a few hours"

"Bellamy, wait…"

But he’d already disappeared into the shadows

CHAPTER 12

Glass