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No, I realize then I do know And I can’t bla air is cold, and a heavy frost lies on the ground around us The night was long and winter is coet out of here before we all start to freeze But it’s too late for the boy beside ht of it "I know this whole plan seems a little crazy But crazy is kind of normal for us these days, isn’t it?"

"We should leave her in there," Alexei says

"We are going to leave her in there We’re just going to talk to her--find out what happened"

"We should leave her in there Alone"

I’ve known love, and I’ve known hate But I’ve never seen how easily one can morph into the other Alexei’s ed him And I know the boy besideyou’re the kind of person who can be left behind

"Alexei, don’t you wonder how she ended up in there? I mean, do you think your dad had her coot killed, ot locked up? Maybe she didn’t leave you"

When he turns, he’s al before she went away"

"Alexei, we don’t knohat happened We don’t knohy your mom is in there or why "

Alexei’s voice is cold "Maybe it’s better that way"

He takesand war I let myself feel safe

"Sometimes it’s better not to know," he says

No one knows that better than I do I think back to before I knew About who killed o back if I could? I don’t know And it doesn’t matter Ti," Alexei says, pulling ," I say, and I mean it I actually do I don’t stop to think about why that scarestoday, I want you to run"

"I’ to leave you"

"You’re too important," he says, then pushes a strand of hair out of my eyes "To the world To me" Then Alexei looks at me--I mean really looks at irlfriend safe"

I can’t help myself I pull back, look into his too-cool, too-blue eyes I alirlfriend?"

"No" Alexei shakes his head, then pulls ain, holds es for what you are to me"