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Because sometimes, to save a life you have to cause a death. Sometimes people know too much. Sometimes you have to cut off that knowledge before the damage spreads.

Blood drips from the corner of his mouth. This guy who silenced the emotional mess, who opened the door to possibility—relationship, friendship, love—who saw my monstrous form and never reached for a weapon, who stayed to save Mom instead of running for safety. His eyes have shut to the world.

Nathan’s jaw drops, as does mine. It’s insane the games people have to play to ensure their loved ones are cared for after their deaths.

As I watch her leave, a tear slides down my cheek. It’s not only that I’ve been kicked out of the group—I was never part of their world before, so I won’t take up space in their final perfect memory.

She yanks the lighter from my satchel and snaps the wheel once, twice before it strikes. The flame turns purple, igniting a near-invisible thread of light that shoots from my chest and tethers back toward the farmhouse.

Something I’ve learned from humans is it’s nearly impossible to let go of something you love, even when it hurts you.

His eyes though, they’re the eyes of every hunter that haunts my dreams.