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Out of the darkness, the other Duprés eed and descended upon the boys; it took all of three seconds for the boys to realize they were outweighed Todd leapt off , leaping off ledges, and doing crazy, mindless ju, keptI could hardly believe one of them was Seth Seth wouldn’t believe he was Seth Phin, Luc, and Josie took off after them in the same manner, until darkness sed thes of the historic district
By the tied by rown painfully used to; all traces of his previous horror vanished Now he lookedlip, and his frown deepened, nostrils flared
"What in the hell are you doing, Riley?" Eli asked, and yankedwrong with your goddamn ears?" he asked He looked down, shook his head, and then clasped his hands behind his neck and stared up and off into the shadows "Wipe the blood off yourmyto get the blood off um sat in the bottom; I quickly used it
"Throw it down," Eli commanded
Without question, I did as he asked I knew that having fresh blood on my face was stupid I wasn’t about to push Eli Not now
"One of the atfor the coroner to piece together"
"I--," I started
"If you say you can take care of yourself one round out between clinched teeth In a blink he was atme "You can’t, Riley Not with this This is way out of your capabilities, no matter how much of a badass you think you are" He did shake me then "Do you hear me?" He drew so close, our noses nearly touched, and his eyes bored hard into mine "When I tell you stay put, stay the fuck put"
I could do nothingchastised, even if he was right
He shook me harder, his expression lethal "I don’t care that you don’t like being chastised Next time"--his face hardened--"listen"
"Let Go Of Me," I said, e each ith as much venoan walking, back toward Whitaker, Eli a few steps behind I played with ue and didn’t say a word until we stopped at the cross light on Bay "If your brothers and sister follow Seth and Riggs, why is it that we still don’t knohere the Arcoses arerestoring, rejuvenating, or whatever it is they’re doing?" I asked, frustrated "Won’t the boys lead theht fro his whole face into darkness "They will play all night until dawn, ju in their freedom and new-found powers; they’ll eventually disperse and run in different directions, and the Arcoses will continue to move Even if we did follow the boys, they’d never be able to lead us to the brothers The Arcoses are too smart for that Weak as they are, they’ll aze "Patience"