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Instead I felt a stony coldness flow through the bond When I looked up he had stepped away froether His arms were still folded over his chest with the ht as if they could snap at any second I sed the lump in my throat
As his foot slid away another step, he asked, “Are you still going after the Satan’s Stone?” Turning toward hiazed into his face for a aze slid off my face and onto the wall The tension in his stance didn’t shift It didn’t change “You’re not going to try to use Eric again, are you?” My mouth went dry I needed Eric to find the stone I needed the stone to live I needed the stone to kill Kreturus Collin saw the answer before I had a chance to speak He stepped towards et what you need froue Eric won’t do what you expect, Ivy And next ti down into my eyes with a re He manipulated us”
I could barely think There was so Lorren had said about Eric, but the words were too far away, lost in the back of mind I couldn’t pull them to my lips I couldn’t tell Collin why Eric had to help el handpicked the boy and I screwed hi away into the recesses of aze didn’t turn away He continued to stare at me with no comprehension on his face
I pressed ether, and said, “There are very few choices then I die if I approach hi if he would sense the lie I didn’t have to approach Eric to help me Eric wasn’t the only person who could save me There was one other way to save ed in my chest, but I’d never tell him
Collin’s jaitched He opened hison his heel, he ran his fingers through his hair, half pulling half pushing it out of his face When he turned back toyou Not after all this” He sounded like he was talking to hiht he was going to leave, but he turned suddenly
I sucked in a gasp as he stood less than an inch from my face He towered over me The tension in his neck htthem “There has to be another way to heal you Some other way to do it without that stone, and without his help”
The words shot out of my mouth like bullets, “There’s not!” I replied “This is the only way If you try to stop ht as well do it now and save ether as I looked up into his face, hardly aware of the words I’d said I hadn’t meant to say them
Collin laughed, “That’s the last thing I want I’ll find another way” He paused, his tone softened, “And if there isn’t one, I’ll track him down myself Don’t do this alone Ivy, please… ”
His hand rose as if he was going to touch hts and spurreds in the pit ofto control myself, I breathed slowly, intentionally, as he spoke My hands turned to fists to keepfor hiainst er, but I didn’t have to Collin watched me He looked at me as if he’d never seen me before
Ivy, the thought brushed against my mind
Icy terror poured down my spine He was inmy hands to my head as if I were in pain Collin re me withdraw froone
Finally, he turned to leave Just as he reached the door, he stopped and turned back to o after him, I’ll know And I’ll be there” Collin reached for the door and left without another word
CHAPTER TEN
I wanted to kill Lorren My body was strung as tight as it could go My voice came out in rapid squeaks as I yelled at no one and punched the metal support beam in the center of the warehouse Apryl should have been back already, but she wasn’t My hand balled into a fist and I crushed it again The sting of cold er As I crashed ain, I felt the jolt of the i out my fist, I turned back to the door
Apryl was standing there, though I didn’t see her enter She wore a wool dress with a pair of black boots that cahs Dark hair fell down her back in a shiny sheet Was Kreturus controlling her? There was no way to know An eyebrow arched as Apryl walked towardonto the floor It tilted sideways and the contents spilled onto the floor Apryl ignored the bag and continued to walk toward e expression on her face
When she was a couple of steps away, I turned sharply “What?” I growled