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I went to her, wrapping htly as I could I didn’t want to let her go Not now, not ever, but how could I convince her to stay?

Chapter Seven

William

There were many reasons I shouldn’t drownup inI missed Dante had to catchup The phone call from Sian’s mom Gideon’s dad had a built-in recorder for all phone calls

Our dads had left to go find out every single detail about the phone call, leaving the rest of us alone with Sian She wasn’t near the house though

I watched her go out to the gardens There was a small pond at the back of the yard, not too far from the tennis court

After following that path, I found her sitting on the grass near the pond, staring across the water

A couple of frogs were perched on lily pads, and I wouldn’t lie, I wasn’t a frog person They were so gross, buta seat The headache I woke up as long gone

“Hey,” I said

“Hey, how are you feeling?”

“Better You?”

“I wish I just had the hangover to deal with It would be a lot easier than this” She turned toward me “Did you hear?”

“I heard”

“I always thought it was strange ho … died I thought so paranoid” She barked out a laugh “It was hiood part about that life” She covered her face with her hands

Seeing her pain cut me deep I ainst ainst my chest

Runningto soothe her pain There was nothing I could do to bring back the nanny she loved Drew sounded like an aweso as we could find hi the private initiation tapes, there was nothing we could do Our hands were tied He was the one with all the power

There was no way The Society would risk exposure, and certainly not on its members

“I want to kill him, William I want him to feel pain like I’ve felt I want hi for soer came with each bitter word she spoke

“He will pay, Sian”