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I feel Ryler staring at reen Then he rips his attention off earshift into park, leaves the engine idling, and rotates in his seat

"What are you doing?" I sit up in the seat, glancing around at the desolation around us "Why aren’t you driving?"

"I want you to tell " Ryler’s hands circle the air in smooth, flawless movements "I feel like I should turn around, take you back to my place, and leave you with Violet and Luke You shouldn’t have to see Evan"

"It doesn’tout theagain as thunder booms The stores, while masked by darkness, feel alive and awake, as if they’re watching lance back at hiht"

"That’s arguable," he signs, his eyes burning fiercely "But we’ll talk about that e get ho you And don’t tellreally"

I shake my head "I’ve told youtoward everyone?" he wonders "What’s been done to you to make you so scared?"

Truth and trust He wants me to hand it over, and oh, hoish I could

I bite down onthe foul taste of salt and rust burns at the back of ue," my mother once said

Silence, Emery, or I will silence you

Silence, E to kill you

Truth and trust

Who do you believe?

I want to believe so left to lose

My rose petals are all dying and are about to fall to the ground

It feels like oing to killmy decision for me I keep ust in his eyes "When he finds out what I’ve told you--that he’s hurt me and so has Evan--they’ll both come after me"