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"Not really I just like to hearone knee over the other as he eyed ainst the Titans, but I’m sure you realize they won’t last forever"

Back on ht "There are also shades One got hold of Josie’s grandfather" I paused "She saw him die"

His lips thinned "That is truly unfortunate How is she handling it?"

"She’s not" And that was the truth

He inclined his head "She’s with Deacon and Luke?"

"How did you guess?"

A real sured it would take theood for her, considering he lost his parents" A thoughtful look encroached upon his features "If you had arrived a few months earlier, she could’ve talked to Alex Of all our people, she would understand"

Inhaling throughnot to look at her father Alex would understand After all, she had seen her mother turned by daimons and, subsequently, had had to end her own mother’s life

Happy times

"Do you care for her?" Marcus abruptly asked I blinked

"Josie," he clarified, like that was fucking necessary at that point "Solos said you did not sleep in your rooht" He held up his hand "Yes, Solos kept an eye on you two, and, no, I do not care to know the details"

"Then I don’t knohat kind of answer you’re looking for," I replied

Marcus studied me for a moment, and then I heard the door open I turned in ti out of the room Very few people could be quieter than me He was apparently one of the at the closed door "He does not trust you"

"I don’t expect hiaze shifted towas brittle and wrong about it "Why would he? It was his daughter--"

"She is also my niece--not was, Seth, and you’ve paid a heavy restitution"