y backed again
th weaponized against the weak-was waving a printed photo in the girl's face, and Melody w
rning. Blurry, zoomed-in. Melod
he edge of the crowd
rd enough to send her stumbling into the fount
with that particular quality of presence. He arrived with his mes
rd him. "Tell them
is arm. "She's been stalking y
quad held
desperate trust-the face of someone who has given another person all t
ked at
is," he said clearly. Ca
elody wasn't words. It was q
her like she was a pu
and dumped it into the fountain. When she r
n mo
g forearm, and used the girl's own momentum to yank he
went very,
o has never in her life been physically opposed, sud
he hissed. "Do yo
the distance
said. Barely a breath
pupils
zing it for three months. I know the exact numbers." She watched Blair's face drain of color and k
hing impossible-a nobody who somehow h
ng only slightly. She spun and walked away fast, he
owd di
still on her knees in the foun
ening. No cushion. "He threw you to them
d, hollow-ey
drenaline drain from her body, replaced by a deep, cold dread. Sh
stare before
e science building
dy
at, the way she'd stood alone in the center of the aftermath. His eyes, usual
ent. Not c
ng
nger and tapped
. T
dging something it h
. She stared at the screen of her dead phone the e
his name today, the Blair Sutton prob
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