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"Addie? Addie, wake up Addie--"

I roll over with a groan and stretch, rubbing both eyes with the heel of my hand It’s too early for this shit

"Addie--"

Still half asleep, I grab Ja his head under the blanket He shouts and I laugh, wrapping hiet out

"Stooooop iiiiiiit," he whines, little fists pounding against the sheets "Addie, let me out--"

"Hey--howh the blanket I pick his kicking wildly

"You’re so rip "If Kenji were here, he would never let y--"

At that, I freeze, and Jao He untangles himself from my sheets, and we stare at each other

James blinks His bottom lip trembles and he bites down on it "Do you know if he’s okay?"

I shakeNo one knows for sure what happened yet, but people have been talking Whispering

I look toward the wall Ja, but I’m too distracted to pay attention

It’s hard for me to believe Juliette could hurt anyone like that

"Everyone says he’s gone," Ja now

This, I catch

"What?" I turn back, alars "I don’t know They said he broke out of his roo about? How could he break out of his rooain "I don’t think he wanted to be here anymore"

"But--what?" I screw upbetter? Did so better?"

Jaht you didn’t like hih the back of et along, but it’s really close quarters in here, and he’s always got so e look "Soyou don’t want to kill hi you want to kill him"

"I’m not serious when I say stuff like that" I try not to rolltime I’m actually worried about him"

"Okay," James says carefully "You’re weird, Addie"

I can’t help but laugh a little "Why a me Addie--you kno much I hate that--"

"Yeah, and I still don’t knohy" He cuts me off "Mom always used to call you Addie--"

"Well Moone hard My hands are clenched And when I see the look on Ja so harsh I release my fists Take a deep breath

James ss hard "Sorry," he says quietly

I nod, look away "Yeah Me too" I pull a shirt on over one then, huh? I can’t believe he’d just leave like that"

"Why would Kenji be gone?" Jaht you said you didn’t even know if he w--"

"But I thought you said--"

We stop Stare at each other

Jaone Everyone is saying he escaped last night"

Just the sound of his na at Jaet back!" I shout before bolting out the door

That bastard I can’t believe this

I’ on Castle’s door when Ian spots me on his way down the hall

"He’s not in there," Ian says, still walking

I catch his arhs Shoves his hands into his pockets Finally, he nods

I want to put o suit up," Ian says, breaking away "And you should, too We’re heading out after breakfast"

"Are you serious?" I say "We’re still heading out to fight--even with all this shit going on?"

"Of course we are," Ian snaps at oing to reschedule his plans to launch an attack on the civilians It’s too late to back out now"

"But what about Warner?" I de to try and find his "See if you can find hie I can hardly see straight "I could kill Castle for letting this happen--for being so goddamn soft with hiot other problerabs my shoulder, looks me in the eye--"you’re not the only one who’s pissed at Castle But now’s not the tie back down the hall