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Impossible Impossible Impossible

Yet necessary

Ugh

In the back of her head, she knew she had to get over her repulsion and anxiety But she wondered if she could What she’d done hadn’t been particularly huh obviously the animal hadn’t suffered

She’d once heard the larger suppliers of chickens put theulars to bleed the easier That couldn’t be a good way to go either At least her chicken had gone quickly—and had given his life for a cause

You keep telling yourself that

She spent theto block froe of what she’d done was nearly impossible, but she put a lot of effort into it With her back against the wall and her knees drawn up to her chest, she closed her eyes and considered the position she’d put herself in by beco a slayer

But she didn’t have s and actions She heard boots on the floor and her eyelids snapped open

“Jade, what’s wrong?” Darien knelt beside her, alarm in his voice

Relief and emotion washed over her She threw his ar to him

The sobbing started instantly It wasn’t so she was proud of She couldn’t help how she felt or stehtly as the pain of her parents’ deaths assaulted her, the memory raw because of Walker’s injuries and what she’d just done to the poor, unsuspecting chicken Also, deep inside her, she knew she’d betrayed Darien, and that also devastated her

He didn’t let her go or even h he clearly had no idea what had brought on her crying jag, he didn’t question it or ht of it He simply settled into a athered close, stroking her hair as he always did when she was in pain

Tih she sniffled and hiccupped

“Are you sick?” Darien asked in a quiet voice

She stared into his beautiful, a irises soothed her “I threw up a few times”