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She was right, because ould have to figure it out I lowered my chin "If this co to tell Seth, but I don’t want this getting around"

"Of course not," she replied "Obviously I’ll keep my mouth shut, since I just threatened a pure-blood if she ran her le muscle in my body locked up as the door opened and the nurse walked in I searched her expression for any hint, but it was i like I’d run up several flights of steps

The nurse, whose naainst the counter and loosely folded her arms "When we do urine tests, we usually repeat theet a certain result to ensure accuracy, so we repeated the tests"

"Okay," I whispered as blood began to roar in nant"

Chapter 29

Seth

Standing before the shades, I quickly counted them There was definitely more than twenty More like thirty A few of them looked like they’d played chicken with a car and lost, their flesh torn and patchy in soo of their mortal bodies Even when thewas left

It smelled like the River Styx had thrown up in here, and then a few hellhounds had coainst a loall that led to a bare kitchen, were the tied-up mortals

They didn’t look very alive

I clapped ether

Heads jerked up Eyes of all different shapes and colors widened

"Hey," I said, s "My name is Seth I have a few questions"

Dark shadows leaked through the whites of their eyes like ink into water A low hissing sound radiated fro let out of several balloons They rose at once

"I’ to be so helpful"

A blonde that appeared to have run face-first into a blender charged ers I didn’t have to do much Just lifted the blade and stepped to the side

She impaled herself

A second later, black s into the air It billowed across the ceiling, seeking a way out

Lifting my hand, I shoved a couch across the roo, I turned as another shade barreled down on me This one was a little fresher, but it too ended up on the floor

Glass shattered behind me A second later, Aiden landed in a crouch Torin hit the floor in a controlled roll Unfortunately, that controlled roll went right through some splatter Sucked for him

Aiden popped up and was i thefor aether As Torin rose, wiping off the blood and other stuff, I was sort of offended that the shades didn’t want to play withback as Aiden delivered a brutal punch that ods’ bless his pure soul--killed the ot it covered" Raising my hand, I pushed Torin back toward the wall, away fro shades "And you," I said "You really shouldn’t have followed Aiden"

Dipping down, Aiden took out the legs of one of the shades He lurched up and looked over his shoulder, dark brows sla my arms over my chest as I stayed back froet out of practice" When Aiden cursed and whipped back around, I laughed "Hey, I’ out for your best interests"

Torin attempted to peel himself out of the corner I’d put hi with these bastards Sorry You’re going to just have to watch" I paused "And remember that secret you prorabbed the closest shade Spinning it around, I shoved the blade deep into its chest The shade escaped, along with all the ones Aiden was taking down They were crawling across the ceiling, aiht occurred to rab hold of one before She actually ate the fucking thing I was not trying that, but I was a god now, so I wondered if a hit of akashainto the power, I lifted ht powered down my bicep and erupted out ofthrough the brokenAkasha washed over the roup of shades warped and rippled as the shadows expanded and then ruptured, spraying the ith inky blotches