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Hannah’s honey eyes bulged She leapt off the bed, golden hair flying behind her “Well, for one thing, we’re in the goddamned underworld!”

I rose from the bed and put an arht, babes Reston

He winked atsinful “Careful where you point that thing”

“Oh, shut up Get out, both of you, so we can get dressed We’ll meet you outside”

I squeezed Jayce’s shoulder as he turned to leave Poor guy seeston’s blasé attitude would rub off on him, at least a little bit I didn’t want to adon shifter Sure, the landscape was scary as fuck, and we could be beset by de was also scary, and the fallen had been getting increasingly bold back on earth Our sudden transplant did nothing but put us behind enemy lines, and so far, they hadn’t seee

Once Hannah and I were dressed, we joined the guys I was still having trouble feeling Xero—it was like he was all around me and nowhere all at once My stomach twisted a little as it occurred to ed hiht it had

“Has anybody seen Xero or Kai?” I asked the guys as we headed down the hallway

“Kai’s doing his usual lurking thing by the stairs,” Jayce said “He’s getting all weird again”

“Haven’t seen Xero,” Kingston added “I don’t think he left his rooht down the hall from me, so I think I would’ve noticed if he had”

“I’uys downstairs”

“Reston reminded me “No breakfast until after, they said”

Hannah shivered “Ugh I couldn’t even eat at a time like this”

I could have I was starving We’d skipped dinner the night before, and I’d burned off breakfast and lunch kicking Owen’s ass I put the thought of food out ofof the large building where Xero’s doret there, and as I walked down the hallway toward Xero’s roo to feel him at any second

Slowly, like a ribbon of oil snaking along the surface of a nature et so

Guess I’ll have to do it the old fashioned way