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“Liar,” I teased “You just couldn’t resist the urge to argue with my version of the story”

She shot me a tired smile “It still feels like they’re everywhere,” she confessed, looking at the“Like Drake’s just waiting for the right moment”

“No one knoe’re here,” I replied “We’ve been super fucking careful, okay? I swear to God, Cec, we’ll end this You and Olive are safe”

“I don’t think anyone is ever safe,” she h “Look at me—I moved a thousand ht in thetired, Woody”

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“Then rest, baby,” I said gently, reaching out to run ht here, keeping the monsters away”

Chapter 17

Cecilia

Even though I believed that no one knehere ere,watched never faded It didn’ton the deserted beach, that feeling never left I had trouble sleeping at night, and usually had to rest during the day in order to function I lost h I tried to make a conscious effort to eat Basically, I was a uilt I felt every day ere at the beach house

I knew everyone wanted action They wanted to end the threat to et on with their lives Instead, we holed up in the beach house for alive ain It didn’t seeh I was still as exhausted, anxious, and depressed as I’d been e arrived, the only difference is I’d found ain

“Fa,” Eli called cheerfully fro “We’ve got news”

“I’ll be right in” I brushed the sand off s and heaved myself to my feet Even while the rest of my body see froina no longer felt like a war zone, which, I had to be honest, was a huge relief You always i to be wonky for a while after pushing a human out of there, but until you’re in the midst of it, you don’t realize just how tore up you’ll be I liked that part ofto want to use it again