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The sound of his voice, my name spoken so hoarsely, was an explosion to aze darted between hiether I sucked in a sharp breath
I was suddenly on theAll I kneas I needed to be far away frohten out the twisty thoughts and swa e off her tone "After everything we just talked about? Seriously?"
"Not right now," Seth snapped back, and I had no idea what they were talking about "Josie," he called again "Wait"
Turning, I stumbled back inside, each step as painful as the last My breath was coht dotted my vision I squeezed my eyes shut as a wave of dizziness assaultedbecause I was seriously winded and needed a break Walking was hard, but hearing his voice right then, that slight accent I could never place, was even harder "Alex," I heard hiive us soht now," she spat
Gods, she’d seen hihthat had happened to me, I felt my cheeks burn with e
"Alex" His voice dropped loith a warning "Go find so to do"
"Are you okay with , Josie?" she asked, and I wanted to disappear into the bushy potted plants "Because if not, I’ll ravated breath, and I opened my eyes I could only look at Alex Her face was flushed with anger, and I had a suspicion she would gladly throith hied to say "It’s okay"
She hesitated, shooting one last glare in Seth’s direction "You’re a duave a faint smile "I’ll check in on you later"
"Okay," I whispered, al off down the hall, and now Seth and I were alone It was strange, because before Hyperion ca more than to be alone with Seth
"I can explain," Seth said after a h shookI’d ever heard
"I kno that looked, but whatever you’re thinking, you’re wrong," he continued, and I heard hiaze flew to his chest "And I will explain everything to you, but right now is not the tiainst the wall, beside a statue of so I wasn’t sure how Seth could explain ahatever had happened out there She, whoever she as stunning and beautiful, and I was vo at the moment Covered in dirt and filth and dried blood, and who knehat else
"I want to take you back to bed" Hefor me
"No" I held a weak, shaky araze to his The glyphs were gone Ahis jaw, but otherwise, his expression was void of any and all emotion My heart squeezed I’d seen that look before on him Too many times before "Josie, please letwrong with that Right? My gaze dropped to ers were covered with dirt, stained with blood My arm was the same Only patches of skin were clean, and that was really stretching the definition of clean And those bracelets Those damn bracelets were still secured firmly around my wrists
"II need to shower" The moment I said those words, I kne ridiculous they sounded, because even fresh and clean, I didn’t look like that and a shoasn’t going to fix a daht now, but I still wanted to wash the dirt and the blood off
His brows snapped together "Leta hand along the claers reached one of the bracelets "I don’treme akin to grief twisted his striking features "Then please, please let ainst the lu the hollowed feeling in et clean first"