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Sam refused to meet Astrid’s eyes If he saw pity there, he would fall apart completely

“I’m sorry,” he said

“I’m sorry”

He juh shocked silence

Not thatSam Teht to expect

But Antoine ith him, and Lance, Hank, and Turk The four of them had becoht as he woke up the town of Perdido Beach

It had been a dizzy, crazy, wild night Zil had gone fro a leader The way the others looked at hi quick One e

That was cool Very cool Zil was the “Sam” of the normals, now And the normals were still by far the majority

So why didn’t more kids crowd around him now? There were a few nods, some pats on the back, but there were also soht Not when he, Zil Sperry, had stood up face-to-face with Sam Temple

As if reading his thoughts, Lance said, “Don’t worry, they’ll coht now”

“They’re still scared of Sam,” Hank said “They should be scared of us”

Hank was a short, skinny, angry kid, with a face like a rat Hank talked constantly about kicking butt, to the point where Zil could barely stop hiet and wasn’t going to kick anyone’s butt

Lance was a different story Lance was tall, athletic, good looking, and s so respectful to hi Zil take the lead and make the decisions Back in the old days Lance had been one of the enerally despised

“Hi”

Zil looked around and found hiuely Lisa That was her na