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“You have to go,” Silver said as he shoved the diaper bag and toy into my hands

“Who are they?” I said, though I was pretty sure I already knew

“Ivan’s men”

I autoun at my back, but as soon as Silver saw it, he frantically shook his head “No! You have to go! You have to get Willa out of here!”

I’d dropped the diaper bag, so Silver snatched it up and then handed it to Caleb He kissed the now sleeping baby’s forehead and carefully tucked the toy into the folds of her blanket

“Stay here until they’re gone,” Silver said

My brain finally seeht up to him just as he reached the door “Wait, no,” I said “Stay here, I’ll go”

“No!” I heard Caleb call, then he was at my side

“No,” Silver said “There’s too ” – he un – “you won’t be able to stop them And if they find Willa, your sister will have died for nothing”

“You can’t go out there!” I bit out “They’ll kill you!”

“No, they won’t,” he declared “Ivan will never let that happen”

“Why not?” I asked, but Silver ignored me

“Take care of her,” he said to Caleb He grabbed the door handle, but I sla it

“I can’t let you go out there,” I ground out

“I know you don’t feel it yet, Jace,” Silver said softly as he turned to face me “But you will” His eyes shifted to Willa “You’ll love her because your sister loved her and she’s proof of how strong your sister was There will be a day you won’t see her as the reason your sister is dead and you’ll be glad you let this happen Take her hos”

The fact that he’d known exactly what I was thinking hadback