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"Get the…fuck…off asps of air

"Did Valerian send you?" I ask, already knowing the answer Wonder where the coas anyway?

"None of your fu--"

I findand on my backside I shake my head as my equilibriu by the throat, suspended in the air by one round

"Who?" Eli asks, giving it a hard shake

I slide a quick glance around Nine downed and very dead newlings lieva seen hi my side, and walk closer "A na’s testicles "Or I swear to God, I’ll cut your balls off before I stick this in your heart"

A swear tears fro’s her pitched than before "Drummond He calls hi out?" I press the blade deeper A trickle of white oozes out, the fading light fro off the

"Fuck!" he yells, trying to squirives it another shake "Speak, or I’ll cut them off myself"

"Some experiment," he chokes out "Godda to do with reversing powers or soh the air and buries into the newling’s heart With a curse, Eli drops the body as it begins to seize

I drop, too

Elibreath

"Riley? What’s wrong?" Eli says He’s holding y "I think I got a broken rib"

My words ainst Eli’s shoulder as I fall into hi?" I ask "We can’t just leave the bodies here"

"We can and ill," Eli says "We’re in a graveyard, Riley"

"Oh yeah," I gasp "Hey, I’ll heal quickly, right? Getting kinda hard to breathe here, Dupré"

"Yes, you’ll heal quickly," he answers as he crosses Bonaventure "Gotta get you ho," I mutter

Just before I pass out

So much for frickin’ frackin’ superpowers

What the hell?

Part Nine

REVENGE

She’s cool I mean, not just because of what she’s become, and what she can do Yeah, all that is sick but what I like best is she treats ht be in the body of a fifteen-year-old but I’et sick of looking like a kid But getting treated like one? Totally lame But Riley treats lad she’s part of our family She can kick some sick ass, too, and she listens to me Like when I tell her the aim of her throw is all off, she actually listens to my advice and follows it I think that’s pretty cool And, I’m totally in love with her brother Lol!

--Josie Dupré

"Christ, girl Be still"

I frown, expire a huffy breath, and continue to stare at Eli’s angry face Tense muscles flex in his jaw as he inspects er, he tilts my chin and examines both of my swollen eyes Then with both hands, palms open, he runs theh "Jesus, Eli, I’ve looked much worse--"

"Lift up your damn arms, Riley Now"

With a curse, I raiseon the left side I wince when he presses the area

"Da into ers at hihs

"I don’t know," Noah says, sliding onto the counter beside "

"You think a Dal," I say

"Be still," Eli cos his brow and grins

Eli’s face hardens and he gently lowers ht back" He disappears down the hall, leavingaudience