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He stared down at the wole on his face

“She won’t hurt us,” Dee said

The woasped out She shuddered and cried as if the world were ending

For her, maybe it was

Si wouldn’t be so new for his kind

For any kind

How many times had he lied? Tricked? To further his own plans—too many times to count “We haven’t seen the bodies,” Siony—no, he couldn’t see it Couldn’t hear it Because when he looked at her, he saw Dee’s hell too easily

And remembered his own

No, Mom! Mom! Dad! So much blood

Her watery eyes turned to hih the pain

He locked his jaw and Siritted, “A Born vae to you He’s the one who said they were dead We have no proof and—”

“Wh-what about Greg?”

Greg? “The vaht you here to kill us?”

Zane’s hands were tight around her wrists Too tight When the demon suddenly freed her, Siht sight of the marks

“Y-yes, h-he’s the one—” She pushed herself up

“Greg’s dead” Dee put her hands on her hips “Very dead”

Hope again, brighter this tiet to the house before anyone else ch-checks in, I can get them out—”

They’re dead

Siiven her Freaking false—

“The vampires drained the man first The one with streaks of silver in his hair” Catalina’s voice Calround, leaning over a thick shard of broken glass

Her eyes were fixed on that glass No, on what she could see in the glass

Scrying A witch’s talent

The hu, fast, too fast Dangerous that

“They held the woman, made her watch Then it was her turn” Catalina picked up the glass and blood dripped froes cut her “Death waits in that house near the water Only death”

The Ignitor didn’t cry out again The tears ca streams, and Dee snarled