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“Do you have your phone on you? Are you in contact with anyone?” He tries harder to pull away He’s er than me and could rip his hand fro to mine even as he backs away

“No, I don’t have my phone on me”

“Explain”

I hiss out a breath astoo hard and ston

“Siren isn’t dead because I didn’t shoot her”

“What do you mean you didn’t shoot her? I watched you I saw her drop I—”

“It was all a lie I was angry I wanted to hurt you for what you did to Waylon, but as you said, I’m a huntress, not a killer I couldn’t ki

ll her”

“You faked her death?”

I nod slowly “Siren agreed to helpto kill me Then when I saw Waylon dead in my apartment and Siren sa devastated I was, she said she would do anything to help e I needed you to feel pain like I did, even if it was tereed”

“And Zeke, did he know?”

I nod “He was pissed for you ”

“I wondered why he never retaliated after I did that”

He glares at h me like a blade to butter And then his eyes soften “I knew you were never a killer, huntress I shouldn’t have believed my eyes I should have known to always followto me”

I gnaw on my bottom lip, not sure if he’s more pissed that I lied and tricked him or relieved that Siren is alive