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“We’re leaving in thirty seconds,“ Nazeera says, a warning in her voice.
I grit my teeth.
“Fifteen.“
“Shit.“
“Did you just swear?“ Nazeera says, stunned.
“I’m in an extraordinary amount of pain.“

“Can you walk?“
“I should be able to in just a minute.“
I hear her hesitate. “What does that mean?“
“If i manage to live long enough, maybe I’ll tell you.“
She’s unamused. “Can you really start running in just a minute?“
“Oh, now’s running? A moment ago you were asking if I could walk.“

Once I’m on the other side of the door, Nazeera pulls her invisibility on me. I don’t make it far before I take a sharp breath, slumping against the wall.
“Shit,“ she says. “Did you get shot?“
“Obviously,“ I bite out, trying to keep my breathing even.
“Dammit, Warner, what the hell is wrong with you?“

“Through I’m sure we’ll all be seeing each other soon, so i wouldn’t worry about missing me too much.“
And then, before anyone has a chance to protest, I run for the door, but not before Ibrahim fires his weapon. Three times. In close range. I fight back the urge to cry out as one of the bullets shoots clean through my calf.

He’s holding a bloodied towel to his throat“You idiot“Something between us has changed I can feel it can feel the shift in his attitude toward me. It takes a min to piece tog, but when it finally hits me it hits hard
Respect I tried to kill him and instead of being angry with me he seems pleased even impressed
“You did good work back there, it was a strong throw Solid“ It feels str to accept his compliment

he finally broke me
“You made a mistake sparing my life,thinking you could ask me to come back“
“You misunderstand me“ “I’m not asking you don’t have a choice“
“Good That’s make this easier“
“Aaron, I’m not unarmed I’m entirely willing to kill you if you step out of line though I can’t claim that murdering my son is my favourite way to spend a morning that doesn’t mean I won’t do it

“You could’ve send him anywhere,“ I say. “You had the power to do that. Instead, you let him remain in Sector 45-under my jurisdiction-on purpose. Didn’t you? And when you had Delaliu show me those files-when he came to me, convinced that Kent would be the perfect cellmate for Juliette because here was proof that he’d known her, that they’d gone to school together-“ Suddenly my father smiles. “I

“That’s not up to you.“
“Not up to me?“ Rage flashes in and out of his eyes, his cold mask quickly crumbling. “That girl has been the bane of my existence for twelve years,“ he says. “She’s caused me more problems than you can even begin to understand, not the least of which has been to distract my idiot son for

“Despite my every effort to break you apart-to remove this cancer from out lives-you’ve insisted, over and over again, on falling in love with her“
He looks me in the eye, his own eyes wild with fury.
“She was never meant for you. She was never meant for any of this. This girl was sentenced to death,“ he says viciously, “the moment I named her Juliette“

“Okay,“ she says, “I know you’re probably upset-“
“Upset? You think I’m upset? “ I jerk violently against the ties. “Jesus Christ, woman, get me out of these goddamn restraints-“