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Oh, shit There are plenty of fae around The guard Lorn disarate In his eyes, I practically see his plan take shape
He chargesexcept air, but he’s faster than a huets stuck on soh
I put up a hand to keep hiainst hot blood and--and, oh God, I think it’s his intestines--before he collapses
I’ as Lorn drags , as Lorn dips his hand into the river and opens a gated-fissure The swordsman disappears into the ether the moment we disappear into the In-Between
TWENTY-FIVE
I RETCH INTO the toilet, clutching the porcelain lid I don’t knohether to keep ht red blood my hands smeared across the white seat If I close them, I’ll see the pale, pain-stricken face of the fae I killed
The fae I killed
My stoain I already threw up the hI can’t stop I’ve seen fae die before, but I’ve never felt a blade carve through flesh like that, never pressed ainst someone’s insides I’ve never been directly responsible for a death
I should be tried for e would sentence
"Is she hurt?" Aren’s voice behind me
"She’s fine," Lorn says from his post by the door "It’s just a bit of queasiness She uards"
Aren lays his hand on my shoulder, turns me away fro Reo back into the In-Bethere it’s too bright to see and too cold to think
"I’m quite iirls were capable of killing"
"Shut up, Lorn" Aren takes my chin in his hand "Look at me, McKenzie Look at nore the snore the fact that the hands touching me have killed so many more fae than I have
"McKenzie?" Aren s Why a? I just killed a man
"It’s okay, McKenzie"
It’s not okay "Where are we?"
The skin at the corners of Aren’s eyes tighten "We’re in Colorado Naito lives here"
"Is he here?" I ask I e to stand without his help
"We haven’t found hi atcompletely apart, so I nod and walk out of the bathroo room The rebels have made the on a camel-colored couch in between Trev and another fae--I think his naht in chairs stolen fro table They all look out of place here, and not just because chaos lusters flash across their skin They’re too haggard and dirt-s in a house like this It’s not a ether just as well Either Naito has a talent for picking out drapes and accent furniture or he hired a professional decorator