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Just that fast, Eli changes His jaw extends, fangs drop, and his body quivers with silent fury

But he still doesn’t move

Soon, silence The one who stands closest to Eli bends over and picks up the boy lying cruround He holds him effortlessly, suspended in nize the boy as Ian, the one I’d saved fro, arnize the man

He’s the cloaked and hooded Fallen from my dream The one I watched burn that hu in that fucked-up language directly to Eli, and acting as though his vampiric state isn’t very i, like his body is fueling Eli! Snap out of it, goddanoresIan turns his head in ht and shadow are so rapid that I can’t get a good visual on his features, but it’s definitely the same one from my dream He’s as tall as Eli Solid Older

I stare at him Pain, take over his body Nerves, seize Tendons, cinch up Un smile stretches across his face, and he cracks his neck and looks estion doesn’t work on Fallen Jake rong after all

A presence approaches I whip around,from my chest, but relief drowns me Noah stands beside ht; his hts, are filled with fury They lock on to the scene before us His hand reaches forhappens at once So fast

So fucking fast

A train approaches the tunnel, and it’s not slowing down The screech of steel on steel all but deafensinto the tunnel, heading straight for PLATFORM 11 Then, in the ht and shadow, the one holding Ian also grabs at Eli

Just as the train approaches

Just as the other two speak One Fallen points at the tracks Eli stands perfectly still Frozen in place

I screarabs rab him Hold fast He allows it

The Fallen throws himself at Eli, and they both fly in front of the train

The vociferous sound of the train squalling through the station drowns out uished cry All air leaves s are still beating furiously overhead, but their sound no longer rises above the screeching train I try toco ht My larynx is paralyzed Breath sticks to the lining of ainst the wall in the shadows

Eli! Eli, please! Answer s cease, as does the incessant flashing light and shadow Everything around ray The train disappears into the darkness, and I freefear, push out of Noah’s arius! Please!

Nothing I hear nothing I see nothing No re

Impossible

My eyes scan the tracks My mind screams for him

Only silence Only shadows

Only Noah and I are left on the platform The others have disappeared Noah looks at me, kissesso fast, I lose sight of him in the next blink

I leap down off Platfor momentarily that behindI don’t care

I don’t fucking care

As I run, I scream for Eli in my head My feet move swiftly over the tracks, and once outside the tunnel I follow theo or how long it takeson a lone track, and behind me, way behind me, is the tall clock tower of Waverly Station

I feel a chill inside oftoo close, inIan stands there No more than two feet away

He’s alone A Fallen Tall Too shadowy to see features Even two feet away, he crowds me Fear escapes me Fury replaces it

"Tell me where he is," I demand He knows I speak of Eli No need to explain

In the darkness, he cocks his head Studies me Remains silent

I find it hard to turn away

"Tell s That voice doesn’t even belong to s to someone who has lost her mind Fury brews just belowto combust at any second