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That didn’t sound good, but as he pushed open the door, I gotroom

With wide eyes, I stepped further inside as Seth closed the door Tile covered the floor at the entrance, but thick blueduht, and as I walked up to one of the’s chest There were cut s

"Sentinels use these for target practice" Seth’s voice was so close that I nearly ju as you have a titaniuet the people," Ia sharp, pointy object into so I could co at the du up at Seth He’d whipped me around that quickly "Daimons are not people, Josie That is your first lesson There is nothing humane about theerous creatures" His eyes flashed a fiery amber as he stared down at me "You need to understand that"

"Bad choice of words," I said

A muscle flexed in his jaw "Do you understand, Josie?"

My heart turned over heavily "I get it"

I didn’t wait for hi around, I headed toward the ood look at the opposite wall, I almost did trip over s

Knives Blades Daggers Swords

Honest-to-God swords--like Saht’ve pulled out of a rock

I’d seen Seth with daggers and I totally got that they were the things that had inflicted the da all of them up there was like reality had kickedhow to defendover all the sharp objects "I’s"

There was a beat of silence and then, "Yes Are you still sure you want this?"

I drew in a shaky breath as my throat thickened This was my life now That was my reality, and it felt like the floor moved under er in the center, the one with the five-inch blade and thick, cross-style handle Could I kill so?

The anseakenedHyperion When I’d pulled that trigger and shot hirandparents think of this? They were live-and-let-live kind of people And they were dead

A sharp pain sliced through my chest "Yeah, I’m sure"

Ame away from the wall of death "Good news is, you aren’t anywhere near close to touching a single thing on that wall"